Sewage Sludge Application and Trace Metal Mobility in Soils

To answer possible questions as to the "Why" behind the LA Court decision to uphold the 2006 Kern County Ban on Sewage Sludge Application*, please find selected research articles on the subject below:

Soil Toxicity in Cropland Due to Trace Elements Found in Sewage Sludge
(YADAV and MISHRA, 2014)

http://www.ripublication.com/ijaer_spl/ijaerv9n2spl_08.pdf

Heavy Metal Mobility in Soils under the Application of Sewage Sludge
(ATANASSOVA et al., 2012)

http://www.agrojournal.org/18/03-12-12.pdf

Soil and Groundwater Contamination as a Result of Sewage Sludge Application  

(A. LUCZKIEWICZ, 2006)

http://www.pjoes.com/pdf/15.6/869-876.pdf

Mobility and Solubility of Toxic Metals and Nutrients in Soil Fifteen Years after Sludge Application (MCBRIDE et al., 1997)

http://soilandwater.bee.cornell.edu/publications/McBrideSS97.pdf

(*) = Kern County's Ban on Sewage Sludge Land Application (Sourcewatch.org)

 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kern_County%27s_Ban_on_Sewage_Sludge_Land_Application