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DuSolo Fertilizer En Route to Phosphate Production in Brazil

2014-08-29 06:11:23| Agriculture - Topix.net

When it comes to agri-business, Brazil tops the list with a significant spread of exported commodities, including coffee, sugar, beef and sugar cane.

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Research Looks at Impact of Human Manure Used as Fertilizer

2014-08-14 00:37:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: American Society of Animal Science Much like livestock manure, biosolids, or human manure is often applied to land as fertilizer. In fact, approximately 50% of all human excrement in the U.S. is spread on various terrains. This is considered a cost-friendly, sustainable method of sewage disposal. Biosolids, or processed human sewage sludge, are normally treated to remove bacteria and pollutants before they are applied to land. However, some toxicants are resistant to degradation and remain in the treated product. Chemicals commonly referred to as endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC), which interact with and potentially alter physiological systems in the body, can be found in both unprocessed and processed biosolids. read more

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Fertilizer companies blame West, Texas, for explosion

2014-08-06 17:22:26| Chemicals - Topix.net

El Dorado Chemical Co. and CF Industries claim West, Texas, is to blame for properly training its volunteer firefighters and first responders who responded to the fertilizer explosion that occurred at West Fertilizer Co., in April 2013.

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How Fertilizer Is Poisoning the Water Supply of 400,000 People

2014-08-04 12:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Motherboard: Coinciding with the return of a prodigal Cavalier, it's possible that many in northern Ohio didn't give second thought to a warning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that this summer would be another bad one for toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie. But there's no remaining ignorant about the situation now. Fueled on fertilizer and warm weather, the toxic algae has been blooming like crazy, making 2014 a bad year for anyone around the lake, the fish in it, and the 400,000 people...

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