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,03/30/98 1-»:_E TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL 4g1?Cg1C8'4S; NO. 18? 1;04 <br /> 03i2'l/38 <br /> 10-Z5 75 DISC Ea APL AFFA I RS i 1 916 255 3595 NO.573 P003/O14 <br /> ;j <br /> I� <br /> 1• <br /> I <br /> Toxic Fertilizers <br /> I � <br /> in California <br /> I. <br /> t. <br /> standards ace itudequ Lely en- <br /> Every year.V.S. tndusicoi ies tmok faced. There i.�alertso <br /> no anisend MWVM of pounds <br /> - <br /> wam Matertal3 to kftilibCr 9Mn- tOttilg of fei'tihzer or Soil contend <br /> �1CS, Ah}y <br /> for use as nation levelb, mid caarLMLI tttkm <br /> raw materials in fertill�pro- levels may be truul� higher than <br /> duction. under the guile of"re- aitowed by these lwscly Ct1- <br /> Vding,° Industries shipped forced standards. <br /> more than 270 Millar+ Pounds of Meanwhile, mai= of ton$ of <br /> tasdc waif to fwmx and fectll- fertilizer ace applied to California <br /> icer comps between 1990 fatmlanda every yeu, posing urt- <br /> and 1995,;� though there �� risks for public health and <br /> impurities, <br /> wastes areoften laden with w, the environ nou. Although Cali- <br /> �1 ar1d;dlCmical <br /> fexti<lxa manutactueers use steel forma regulao=on w4c waft <br /> milt %w*.i!=,ck ash. air poUu In kttilfzers nunufsctus+ed to the <br /> tion scrub r briaO and)other s are'more stringent than fed <br /> tion <br /> byproducts ai ale yaw eral law, *,o*are.. M Pntections <br /> materials for a aub9t MiAl Por- apish kttilims wanufactured <br /> tion of tine nation's ferMtaets. wfth roc wane elsewhere s"d <br /> Mghly contaminated fertilizer add here• Calff mis is home to <br /> can gender cxopl nd atenle, the fersilizrr company tient re- <br /> harm the health of far um and coved more w=arasta titan any <br /> their families, and even threaten ocher fig i ity in the nation, and i <br /> the food apply. MM as a whole received <br /> mph logic W=c timn any other � <br /> in theory, to&wastes used sate. Calif Mia ranked second <br /> to make fertilizers applied to among the stales in the amount <br /> farm,fklds are suNeci to the of toric wa3oc.shipPed 'n' <br /> same m3 do chemical conMmim- dusuial WIttiat to fertilizer msk- <br /> tion standards ss those applied era or farina. j <br /> to waste headed for a Class 1, I-Ae gnvirorunental Working <br /> fully,linad aid m9alated landfill <br /> girds that do tilt reiletx Group used dun from the federal <br /> ��of dumping the <br /> Releeae Ittveratary w crack <br /> the p`°Le� tie now of hazardous rdawa <br /> harswash sh on croplands. to fcreiuzer com- <br /> er pracuce, hCAVM r, eras OUM <br /> 1 <br /> T.sYrnNmP,TAt WompgG GAaur <br /> R-96% 916 327 0978 03-27-9e 10:29/M 0003 419 i <br /> C <br />