Toxic Wastes 'Recycled' as Fertilizer Threaten U.S. Farms and Food Supply Dioxin, Lead, Mercury Spread on Crops As States Scramble to Protect Public Health
[Washington, D.C.] -- Under the guise of 'recycling,'
millions of pounds of toxic waste are shipped each year from polluting industries to fertilizer manufacturers and farmers, who used toxic waste laden with dioxin, lead, mercury and other hazardous chemicals as raw material for
fertilizers applied to U.S. farmland.