Alex Todorovic

In the following viewpoint, Alex Todorovic argues that using sewage sludge as fertilizer is hazardous to human health and the future productivity of the land on which it is applied. Sewage sludge contains deadly chemicals and pathogens and therefore should not be applied to land where food crops are grown. Todorovic, the former news editor of the Free Times, South Carolina’s largest weekly newspaper, writes frequently on environmental issues.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How much sewage sludge is produced in the United States each year, according to the author?
2. What is the difference among the three different classes of sludge, according to Todorovic?
3. How was sewage sludge disposed of before the current practice of applying it to land or dumping it in landfills"

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