Australia sludge victims
2002 - 2005 Update
Sydney, Australia
Toxic fumes from illegal dumping of dangerous chemicals into public sewers -- produce adverse health effects --
Sewage workers suffer rashes, watery eyes and sore throats.
2005 - 2008 Update
AUSTRALIA PESTICIDES, PATHOGENS & CHEMICALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGE POSE RISK TO LIVESTOCK &
HUMANS – UPTAKE BY PLANTS
NEW SOUTH WALES, JANUARY 2008 – MOTHER AND FOUR CHILDREN DRIVEN FROM HOME - SUFFER
SICKENING ODORS, HEADACHES, STOMACH UPSETS, SORE EYES AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES FROM
“STINKING BIOSOLIDS”
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In Australia, the Veterans' Entitlements Act of 1986 includes both Class A and
Class B type sludges as a cause of injury, disease or death under the International
Classification of Diseases (ICD),Code 495, for extrinsic allergic alveolitis. A formal statement
says, "The Repatriation Medical Authority is of the view that there is sound medical-scientific
evidence that indicates that extrinsic allergic alveolitis and death from extrinsic allergic
alveolitis can be related to relevant service rendered by veterans, members of Peacekeeping
Forces, or members of the Forces."
What do Australia authorities think is capable of inducing an immune response and reacting
with the specific antibody or specifically sensitized T-lymphocytes to produce a response that
could cause your body to kill itself? The Repatriation Medical Authority says, "The major
categories of antigens causing extrinsic allergic alveolitis are microbial agents, animal proteins
and low molecular weight chemicals (haptens)."
"According to the Authority, "Examples of antigen containing material include: "Sewage sludge
contaminated with micro-organisms, Fertilizer contaminated with micro-organisms, Compost
dust contaminated with micro-organisms"". (4)
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Trials in Australia prove human disease reproduce in treated sludge. PATHOGEN DIE-OFF IN STORED
WASTEWATER SLUDGE R. A. Gibbs*, C. J. Hu*, G. E. Ho* , P.A.Phillips** and I. Unkovich*** *Institute for
Environmental Science, Murdoch University Murdoch 6150 Australia **Virology Laboratory, Combined
Laboratory Services, Health Department of Western Ausralia ***Water Corporation, 629 Newcastle St
Leederville 6007 Australia
The Institute of Environmental Science, Murdoc University, Australia investigated the use of sewage as a
fertilizer and conducted a study to determine how best to make it safe for recycling. They concluded, after
experiments to find a low cost treatment, which explored the possibility of using mesophilic anaerobic
digestion followed by dewatering and dry storage, was not effective. They discovered ,"After digestion
composting and a 12 months storage period, levels of Salmonella, faecal coliforms, streptococci, and
Giarda cysts were to high for storage to be considered as a adequate treatment" The numbers of Giardia
cysts had not changed and the Salmonella bacteria initially started to die off but accumulated again after
35 weeks. The fact that human disease re-grows in dried sewage sludge proves that human pathogens
like Salmonella can replicate outside the human body raising serious doubts about sewage compost.
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More evidence from Australia calling into question the spreading of sewage on farms Regrowth of faecal
coliforms and salmonellae in stored biosolids and soil amended with biosolids R. A. Gibbs*, C. J. Hu*, G. E.
Ho* and I. Unkovich** *Institute for Environmental Science, Murdoch University Murdoch 6150 Australia
**Water Corporation, 629 Newcastle St Leederville 6007 Australia
The Australian University confirmed that digested and composted sewage sludge has limited beneficial re-
use in food production because of the presence of human pathogens which initially die of in warmer drier
summer months before re-growing on the fields in winter. When repopulation occurred, faecal coliform
concentrations increased to higher than those at the beginning of the trials. These results suggest that
faecal coliforms and salmonellae were at undetectable concentrations through the summer period but
were able to grow when provided with favourable conditions. From this limited trial it was concluded that
soil amended with sewage sludge could not be considered free from pathogens for at least one year
following amendment. Link to research paper
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