Concerned Residents Confront Carlyle Over Sludge Dumping

On April 30, 2008, more than a dozen residents from small towns up and down the East Coast and environmental and health advocates traveled to the Carlyle Group's Washington headquarters to demand that the company's subsidiary, Synagro, start testing and reporting the sewer sludge it deposits in their communities.

This video includes the opinions of ordinary citizens who live in communities where sludge has been applied or processed. These opinions are based on their own day-to-day experiences or the reported experiences of neighbors or friends; they are not the product of scientific testing.

In 1995, the EPA recognized that the use and disposal of sewage sludge "may result in changes in the environment," but concluded that this risk could be managed.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Carlyle
• Group
• private
• equity
• Synagro
• sewer
• sludge

[abtatparty]

@buttermobile -- Perfectly safe? You actually believe that what is scraped out of city sewers should be dried and spread on lawns and crops? I believe that you are the one with the dumptruck of lies, though I am sure that you feel you are correct. How sad...

[buttermobile]

Class A EPA 503 compliant biosolids that are used on these poor black folks lawns are the same as those used on rich white people's lawns and golf courses and are proven perfectly safe. You can buy it at almost any garden center! This is just another attempt by the media to create a crisis where it doesn't exist. BTW, the soil was already contaminated and the biosolids have proven to reduce heavy metal intake of plants making it even safer. What a dumptruck load full of lies this is!