NRC Biosolids Study Concludes Part 503 Rule Protects Public Health

July 3, 2002

WEF Supports Call For Continued Research

(Alexandria, VA) - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) today commends the National Academies' National Research Council (NRC) on the completion of its 18-month study, Biosolids Applied to Land: Advancing Standards and Practices and supports its conclusion that there is no documented scientific evidence that EPA's 1993 Part 503 rule has failed to protect public health. Instead, the new report calls for additional scientific research to reduce persistent uncertainty about potential for adverse human health effects from exposure to land-applied biosolids and provides recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update and strengthen the scientific credibility of biosolids standards and ensure their consistent implementation.

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