To answer possible questions as to the “Why” behind the LA Court decision to uphold the 2006 Kern County Ban on Sewage Sludge Application*, please find selected research articles on the subject below:
Soil Toxicity in Cropland Due to Trace Elements Found in Sewage Sludge
(YADAV and MISHRA, 2014)
Heavy Metal Mobility in Soils under the Application of Sewage Sludge
(ATANASSOVA et al., 2012)
(ATANASSOVA et al., 2012)
Soil and Groundwater Contamination as a Result of Sewage Sludge Application
(A. LUCZKIEWICZ, 2006)
http://www.pjoes.com/pdf/15.6/869-876.pdf
Mobility and Solubility of Toxic Metals and Nutrients in Soil Fifteen Years after Sludge Application (MCBRIDE et al., 1997)
(*) = Kern County’s Ban on Sewage Sludge Land Application (Sourcewatch.org)
C. Mei-Ling HAMILTON - Environmental Geochemistry Issues 