TY - JOUR AU - Lewis, David L. AU - Gattie, David K. AU - Novak, Marc E. AU - Sanchez, Susan AU - Pumphrey, Charles PY - 2002 DA - 2002/06/28 TI - Interactions of pathogens and irritant chemicals in land-applied sewage sludges (biosolids) JO - BMC Public Health SP - 11 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Fertilisation of land with processed sewage sludges, which often contain low levels of pathogens, endotoxins, and trace amounts of industrial and household chemicals, has become common practice in Western Europe, the US, and Canada. Local governments, however, are increasingly restricting or banning the practice in response to residents reporting adverse health effects. These self-reported illnesses have not been studied and methods for assessing exposures of residential communities to contaminants from processed sewage sludges need to be developed. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-2-11 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-2-11 ID - Lewis2002 ER -