SkyRocket
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SkyRocket is a British Columbia, Canada product sold as fertilizer but made from sewage sludge.[1] Hundreds of communities across the U.S. sell toxic sludge products that are typically renamed biosolids and sold or given away as "fertilizer" or "compost" (and often even labeled or marketed as "natural" or "organic"). As a Canadian product, SkyRocket is regulated by the British Columbia government's Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (OMRR) and the Fertilizers Act, administered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).[2] SkyRocket is sold at the Comox Valley Biosolids Composting Facility in Cumberland, BC.
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Marketing of SkyRocket
SkyRocket is marketed as "a high-nitrogen soil amendment, made of wood chips mixed with biosolids, which are cured over time to create nutrient-rich mulch."[3]
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch articles
- Biosolids
- Sewage sludge
- Food Rights Network
- Sewage sludge giveaways, producers, and brands
- The EPA's plan to bypass opposition to sewage sludge disposal
- Water Environment Federation
- You say biosolids, I say sewage sludge
References
External resources
- Marie Kulick, Smart Guide on Sludge Use and Food Production, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008.
- Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey: EPA-822-R-08-016 and EPA-822-R-08-018, EPA, January 2009.
- Environmental Working Group, Dumping Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms? Why USDA Should Just Say No, April, 1998.
- Environmental Working Group, Routes of Exposure sewage sludge: EWG Research on Chemicals in sewage sludge, April 30, 1998.
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