Introduced: Sponsor: Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.
2 cosponsors are on that committee.
The chemical treatment of domestic water supplies is a very important industry, and it’s one that is often overlooked in discussions of national security and supply chain crises. Li et al. state that the "treatment of used household water from cooking, washing, cleaning and sanitation alone accounts for 3% of global electricity consumption", and that "the drying and disposal (on land or in landfill) or incineration of [sewer sludge] accounts for 30–50% of a treatment facility's overall costs (30). This is not just because of the capital cost of building and operating a treatment plant, but also because it is expensive to buy and operate an incinerator due to energy costs. Furthermore, Gómez-Canela et al. state that forever chemicals (PFCs) "are persistent to sludge treatment and the loads in sludge may pose a future environmental risk, if not controlled."
We see in the UK that the government has decided it is acceptable to import and apply sewage sludge to farmland, despite health risks. Forever chemicals are called as such, because they do not readily break down in the environment, even cycling into the ocean and blowing back on shore in sea foam. These chemicals as a class of endocrine disrupting chemicals have been suspected to cause gender development issues in humans, due to the fact that "for males and females alike, the entire process of reproductive development is exquisitely sensitive to minute changes in levels of the sex hormones, particularly during certain critical windows of development."
So here is the basic problem. Water treatment facilities are expensive to operate, and sewage sludge is a byproduct of a water treatment process. The government is deciding that sewage sludge is a safe substitute for fertilizers, so that farmers can save money by no longer having to buy fertilizers or even because of shortages due to the worldwide energy crisis (urea). These chemicals are likely to be of health concern to consumers, and are likely to be absorbed by the crops, and then the crops are likely to be consumed by humans.
So, water treatment is an industry that is likely to suffer shortages in the near future, and we need to be thinking about what will happen to our food and water supply, as treatment chemicals and energy becomes scarce.
Food will be rationed, and this will be a natural response. In many parts of the world, people are already experiencing a great deal of food shortage. It is likely that this will only get worse, especially in
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It really does, I swear!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
They’re on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
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