NAS Biosolids Report Finds No Scientific Evidence of Health Risk

July 2, 2002

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released today its report, Biosolids Applied to Land: Advancing Standards and Practices (the NAS Report), making the overarching finding that “[t]here is no documented scientific evidence that the Part 503 rule has failed to protect health.” At the same time, the NAS Report also finds that additional scientific work is needed to further reduce any lingering uncertainty regarding the land-application of biosolids, a position that the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) endorses and is working toward with other stakeholder groups.

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