Sludge Watch ==> Composting biosolids: Don't make her bust out of that bustier....

[Maureen Reilly]

Don't Make Her Bust Out That Bustier
Famed California town may have to fight yet another pollution battle

Note to pollutey people: if you want to keep a low profile, perhaps it's 
wise not to situate yourself in a location made famous for being unjustly 
polluted. A sewage-sludge conversion plant is being planned eight miles away 
from Hinkley, the small California town made forever infamous by Julia 
Roberts' rack in the based-on-a-true-rack film Erin Brockovich. Hinkley 
residents fear that the processing of 400,000 tons of sludge a year into 
compost could kick up bacteria-laden, illness-causing dust -- not to mention 
an icky smell. The femme crusader herself (Brockovich, not Roberts) issued a 
statement opposing the plant, noting, "Citizens in this area already have 
compromised immune systems." An attorney for the sludge company claimed, 
"The bottom line is that composting biosolids is safe. We're far away from 
people and communities and from industry." If it's so safe, why do you need 
to be far away? Just asking.

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