Ian L. Pepper

Ian L. Pepper is a professor and director of the National Science Foundation Water and Environmental Technology Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson, a Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC). One of his three "major research interests," according to his UofA profile, is the "land application of biosolids" -- meaning the spreading of sewage sludge on soil. He is a proponent of the use of sewage sludge on food-growing soil. He told NPR in 2013 that the risks of doing so "are much lower than those suggested by environmental activists."

Contact Information
Ian L. Pepper Professor and Director Environmental Research Laboratory 2601 E. Airport Drive Tucson, AZ 85756 Phone: (520) 626-3328 Fax: (520) 573-0852 Email: ipepper AT ag DOT arizona DOT edu

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 * You say biosolids, I say sewage sludge
 * Water Environment Federation
 * Scientific Studies of Sewage Sludge
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