“Sewage Garlic Act” - I cannot believe this. It's real.
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Is there any proof that they actually grow garlic IN RAW SEWAGE, or are they using humanure as fertilizer? The outrage at this topic speaks volumes about our lack of comprehension regarding food production.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/you-asked/it-true-garlic-china-grown-human-feces-and-watered-urine
Was getting ready to search for this. We do this in the US too. I know a guy that works at a municipal water treatment plant. Yes, the solids get processed and sold to farmers as fertilizer.
I don't know about this Chyna thing, gonna look further.
For many decades, there has been a fertilizer widely sold called "Milorganite", made from Milwaukie sewage sludge.
Milwaukee Organic Nitrogen I learn so much here!
It wouldn't be so bad if sewage was nothing but human waste, but unfortunately, people flush EVERYTHING, and traces of that, including many heavy metals (lead, cadmium, for example), pharmaceuticals, and everything in between, become part of the final milorganite product.