Johns Hopkins raps AP story on lead experiment

By MALCOLM RITTER , AP Science Writer, General Science / Other

(AP) -- For about 20 years, Dr. Michael Klag has used a fertilizer made from Milwaukee municipal sludge on azaleas and yew shrubs at his suburban Baltimore home. And Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, says he's never had any question about its safety.

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Posted by SDMike 06/14/08 17:36

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Another example of yellow journalism and idiot Democrats looking for victims (aren't nearly all Congressional Democrats ambulance chasers?) Don't get the facts just blame someone! Scientist must be our to harm minorities. (Scientists SAY they're trying to help but since all lawyers are liars all scientists must be liars too.) Perhaps rule by Divine Right WAS better!

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Posted by nilbud 06/15/08 13:20

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It stinks of Coulter round here

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Posted by jwo 06/15/08 23:28

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Unfortunately, it looks like AP is caving into pressure. They had two reporters who researched their article for a year, but chose to print Ritter's version, all from talking to the people who perpetuated this astoundingly bad study. The idea that adding a substance which contains more lead than the soil for remediation boggles the mind. I will not go into the fact that the records of what else was in the sludge 'compost' are absent, nor that there was no follow up, no control yard, no control subjects. This entire study was an outrage and solely for the purpose of fattening John Hopkins coffers.

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Posted by SDMike 06/16/08 10:00

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The added substance (Class A) had ZERO lead. The reporters failed to understand the difference between the various types of processed "sludge". The type applied was, and is, safe. It's used by many people, sold commercially, and has been proven safe.
"The idea that adding a substance which contains more lead than the soil for remediation boggles the mind." is simply untrue. Lies repeated are still lies.