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{{#badges: ToxicSludge}} '''Biosolids''' is the Orwellian PR euphemism for toxic [[sewage sludge]]. The name was created and chosen in a PR contest by the lobby association for sewage industry, the [[Water Environment Federation]] (WEF). There is now a '''[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Toxic_Sludge SourceWatch Portal on "Biosolids"]'''
Beginning in the 1990's the WEF, with the active encouragement and approval of the [[Environmental Protection Agency]], pushed for the disposal of sewage sludge on farm land after bans were imposed on dumping it in the ocean or incinerating it. The name change of sewage sludge to "biosolids" was crucial the image makeover for sewage sludge, a classic industry-government campaign of [[greenwashing]] to change the public perception of toxic [[sewage sludge]] from an accurate one of "hazardous waste" to the misleading image of biosolids representing safe "beneficial reuse," responsible "recycling" and healthy "organic fertilizer," lately including the ruse of sewage sludge as "organic compost."
