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EPA acknowledge sludge problems in North Carolina in 1994 when Raleigh
was placed # (13) on the horror stories to debunk: Raleigh, NC-- dead cattle
from nitrate poisoning due to forage with high nitrogen content. Forage was
not mixed with other low-nitrate fodder as advised by the POTW."
May 2001 update - compiled by Helane Shields - prepared for WWW by ESRA at
www,sludgevictims.net
2002 Update
North Carolina -- Sewage worker suffers facial swelling, tremors, chest pain, severe diarrhea and gastrointestinal
problems, confusion, fatigue, anxiety, flushing -- diagnosed with mast cell disease, an inflammatory immune
system response to pathogen exposure.
More than half a million fish die in Neuse River -- August 5, 2008
2002 -- 2005
Chapel Hill, -- Dr. Steve Wing resigns from Water Environment Research Foundation COmmittee because of research
tainted by sludge industry financial conflicts of interest
Charlotte, -- Wells, streams, organic gardens destroyed by contaminated sludge runoff - trout, aquatic life killed in
stream - pony and dog sickened by sludge pollutants in water
North Carolina -- We now have neighbors with staph infections in hair follicles and other neighbors experienced
respiratory problems, sinus infections in 4-year old kids, skin irritations = within 24 hours of start of sewage sludge
applications
North Carolina -- The Straton family suffer contaminated well, stream, death of animals -- "Regulators" ignore victims --
protect the dumpers.
Orange County,-- Sludge victims trapped in home by noxious odors -- suffer watery eyes, painful nose and sinus
symptoms, respiratory problems, plague of flies - Rains = sludge runoff into creek which gets discolored and
malodorous -- Grandson and friend covered with sores after playing in creek -- appeals for help to state and
federal officials fall on deaf ears -- as usual, they protect the sludge dumpers and ignore the victims. Synagro --
Burlington, NC
Orange County, -- Victims suffer vile odors, chronic coughs, fevers, sinusitis; Local health agency finds 60% of 15 wells
in area are contaminated
Raleigh, -- Nitrates from the sludge contributed to potentially harmfully contamination in private wells and high nitrate
levels at the plants boundary, which includes the Neuse River
Raleigh, -- Tests reveal more wells (16) contaminated by waste treatment sludge -- Nitrates are regulated in drinking
water because they have been linked to a rare but potentially fatal disease in infants [Blue baby syndrome].
Some experts have said there are other, less documented health risks, including diabetes, miscarriages and
some kinds of cancer.
Raleigh, - 16 wells contaminated by sewage sludge -- health risk include diabetes, miscarriages and some kind of
cancer -- City to build waterline to homes with tainted wells
Raleigh, -- State Toxicologist says sludge contaminated groundwater -- sludge victims suffer seizures, asthma, and
children get staph sores from polluted creek
EPA acknowledge sludge problems in North Carolina in 1994 when Raleigh
was placed # (13) on the horror stories to debunk: Raleigh, NC-- dead cattle
from nitrate poisoning due to forage with high nitrogen content. Forage was
not mixed with other low-nitrate fodder as advised by the POTW."
May 2001 update - compiled by Helane Shields - prepared for WWW by ESRA at
www,sludgevictims.net
2002 Update
North Carolina -- Sewage worker suffers facial swelling, tremors, chest pain, severe diarrhea and gastrointestinal
problems, confusion, fatigue, anxiety, flushing -- diagnosed with mast cell disease, an inflammatory immune
system response to pathogen exposure.
More than half a million fish die in Neuse River -- August 5, 2008
2002 -- 2005
Chapel Hill, -- Dr. Steve Wing resigns from Water Environment Research Foundation COmmittee because of research
tainted by sludge industry financial conflicts of interest
Charlotte, -- Wells, streams, organic gardens destroyed by contaminated sludge runoff - trout, aquatic life killed in
stream - pony and dog sickened by sludge pollutants in water
North Carolina -- We now have neighbors with staph infections in hair follicles and other neighbors experienced
respiratory problems, sinus infections in 4-year old kids, skin irritations = within 24 hours of start of sewage sludge
applications
North Carolina -- The Straton family suffer contaminated well, stream, death of animals -- "Regulators" ignore victims --
protect the dumpers.
Orange County,-- Sludge victims trapped in home by noxious odors -- suffer watery eyes, painful nose and sinus
symptoms, respiratory problems, plague of flies - Rains = sludge runoff into creek which gets discolored and
malodorous -- Grandson and friend covered with sores after playing in creek -- appeals for help to state and
federal officials fall on deaf ears -- as usual, they protect the sludge dumpers and ignore the victims. Synagro --
Burlington, NC
Orange County, -- Victims suffer vile odors, chronic coughs, fevers, sinusitis; Local health agency finds 60% of 15 wells
in area are contaminated
Raleigh, -- Nitrates from the sludge contributed to potentially harmfully contamination in private wells and high nitrate
levels at the plants boundary, which includes the Neuse River
Raleigh, -- Tests reveal more wells (16) contaminated by waste treatment sludge -- Nitrates are regulated in drinking
water because they have been linked to a rare but potentially fatal disease in infants [Blue baby syndrome].
Some experts have said there are other, less documented health risks, including diabetes, miscarriages and
some kinds of cancer.
Raleigh, - 16 wells contaminated by sewage sludge -- health risk include diabetes, miscarriages and some kind of
cancer -- City to build waterline to homes with tainted wells
Raleigh, -- State Toxicologist says sludge contaminated groundwater -- sludge victims suffer seizures, asthma, and
children get staph sores from polluted creek
