Support the right to know if your food was grown with sewage sludge

Did you know some of the food you eat may be grown on farmland where municipal and industrial sewage sludge is spread? Where your crops are grown and farm animals graze? Chances are you did not. Nonetheless, food is grown across this country in municipal/industrial sewage sludge. Compost used to grow crops that contains this sludge can contain thousands of contaminants and some pathogens.
Plants and animals can take up some of the contaminants. These toxins then pass up the food chain, creating potential health problems. The sludge on farmland and in compost can be harmful to humans, wildlife and pets to eat, touch and breathe.
Therefore, it is vital food and compost contaminated by sewage sludge be labeled on a national scale, and passage of the Sludge in Food Notifications Act, HR 2064, sponsored by New York Congressman Jose Serrano, would help to make this a reality.

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In order to protect our health and climate, it’s critical we, as consumers, know how our food is grown and what is in the compost/fertilizer we purchase. Americans have the right to know if their food was grown on farmland fertilized with municipal and industrial sewage sludge -- which contains contaminants and pathogens, and if the compost we buy for our own gardens contains this sewage sludge. Congressman Jose E. Serrano has introduced HR 2064, the Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act, which seeks “To amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the egg, meat, and poultry inspection laws to ensure that consumers receive notification regarding food products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on land on which sewage sludge was applied.“ The bill is currently in the Committee on Energy and Commerce and, in addition, the Committee on Agriculture. It needs House cosponsors to give impetus to its consideration, and to get closer to becoming reality and providing American citizens with the information they need to know to make safer food choices for their families Please support Congressman Serrano in cosponsoring HR 2064!