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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR><STRONG><EM>Report From Medical =
Officer of=20
Health Connects Application of Sludge on Farmland with Adverse Health=20
Effect</EM></STRONG><BR><BR>May 16, 2002 (Toronto, Ontario) - Rural =
residents=20
have long expressed concern over the potential for negative health =
impacts from=20
the<BR>controversial practice of applying municipal sewage sludge on =
farmland.=20
Now a report from Dr. A. Hukowich, Medical Officer of Health for =
Ontario's=20
Haliburton, Kawartha &amp; Pine Ridge District confirms that a =
10-month-old=20
child suffered an adverse health effect from nearby sewage-sludge=20
spreading.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>The report is available online at =
the Web site=20
of industry trade magazine Solid Waste &amp; Recycling (Look under =
"Posted=20
Documents" link at<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.solidwastemag.com">www.solidwastemag.com</A>).</FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also =
available online at=20
the site are related articles such as:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<UL>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"What's In It?&nbsp; A solid approach =
to control=20
  the content of sludge" (April/May edition) identifies major weaknesses =
in the=20
  system and<BR>suggests alternatives. Also see sidebar, "Will the U.S. =
EPA=20
  Clean Up its Sludge Policy?"</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Sludge Fight" (Dec./Jan. edition) =
explores the=20
  need to reconsider the guidelines and safety standards that govern =
this=20
  practice.</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Right to Harm" (Oct./Nov. edition) =
reveals the=20
  greatly unpublicized risks posed to human health and the=20
  environment.</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></LI></UL></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Call Guy Crittenden (416) =
442-2202</FONT></DIV>
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