Originally published November 3 2003
Bush administration allows untreated human waste to be dumped into rivers and streams
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Regardless of whatever political stance we may assign to these policy shifts, it is clear that under the Bush administration, the environment is taking a beating. An astonishing number of regulations and laws designed to protect the environment -- largely passed under Clinton -- have been overturned since Bush took office.
In this case, the result is that cities and towns can now essentially release untreated human waste directly into rivers and streams following any sufficiently large rainstorm.
This human sludge is bad enough even when treated, since new research is showing that bio-sludge contains alarmingly high levels of prescription drugs and environmental toxins, but it's even worse when it's not treated at all. What comes out of the back ends of most Americans is, indeed, pollution, owing largely to the fact that what most people put into their mouths is a chemical cocktail to begin with.
Analysis: Under the Bush administration, cities and towns are being allowed to release untreated human waste into rivers and streams.
The Bush administration is shifting policy so cities and towns can
skip a required treatment procedure for sewage they pump into rivers,
lakes and coastal waters during high rains.
The change aims to settle years of disputes over how municipal sewage
plants handle the increased flow of waste mainly storm runoff that comes
during wet weather.
At issue is whether local governments should have to spend billions of
tax dollars upgrading those plants so peak flows of sewage can get all
the sanitary treatment that federal law demands in normal conditions.
The administration's plan would let hundreds of communities big and
small escape that expense by partially treating sewage surges in big
storms.
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