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Independent testing commissioned by the [[Food Rights Network]] found [[Food Rights Network Finds Contaminants in "Organic Biosolids Compost"|toxic contaminants in San Francisco's sewage sludge "compost"]].  In the sewage sludge product that San Francisco's Public Utlity Commission was giving away to school and urban gardens as "organic compost" are contaminants with endocrine-disruptive properties including polybrominated diphenyl ether ([[PBDE]]), flame retardants, [[nonylphenols|nonylphenol]] detergent breakdown products, and the antibacterial agent [[triclosan]]. The independent tests were conducted for the Food Rights Network by Dr. [[Robert C. Hale]] of the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences.

Watch the two videos below--from outstanding investigative reporting by the local CBS affiliate--which document the startling story of how San Francisco is violating its own [[precautionary principle]] law by dumping hazardous sludge on city gardens (and elsewhere):
<center>{{#ev:youtube|EIlw1M6ARW8|210|center|Anna Werner Investigates: Organic Compost or Toxic Sludge?|frame}}
{{#ev:youtube|XiY3c9uxnug|210|center|Simon Perez reports on San Francisco's sludge giveaway.|frame}}</center>