Earthlife

earthlife is a product of New England Organics sold as fertilizer but made from sewage sludge. Hundreds of communities across the U.S. sell toxic sludge products that are typically renamed biosolids and sold or given away as "fertilizer" or "compost" (and often even labeled or marketed as "natural" or "organic"). earthlife is made from Class A biosolids and sawdust. Whereas this product does not boast about its sewage sludge content, the earthlife website does note that it was the recipient of the 2001 EPA National Biosolids Exemplary Management Award.

Contact Information

 * New England Organics
 * 135 Presumpscot Street, Unit 1
 * Portland, ME 04103
 * Phone: 800-933-6474 or 207-781-5011
 * Fax: 207-781-5794

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Biosolids
 * Sewage sludge
 * Food Rights Network
 * Sewage sludge giveaways, producers, and brands
 * The EPA's plan to bypass opposition to sewage sludge disposal
 * Water Environment Federation
 * You say biosolids, I say sewage sludge

External resources

 * Marie Kulick, Smart Guide on Sludge Use and Food Production, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008.
 * Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey: EPA-822-R-08-016 and EPA-822-R-08-018, EPA, January 2009.
 * Environmental Working Group, Dumping Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms? Why USDA Should Just Say No, April, 1998.
 * Environmental Working Group, Routes of Exposure sewage sludge: EWG Research on Chemicals in sewage sludge, April 30, 1998.