SAFE FOOD AND FERTILIZER
Patricia Martin
509-787-4275
martin@nwi.net

Washington Toxics Coalition (WTC):
Laurie Valeriano
4649 Sunnyside Ave N #540E
Seattle WA 98103
206-632-1545 fax 632-8661
email info@watoxics.ofr
http://www.watoxics.org NEWSLETTER: Alternatives

PO Box 142043, Spokane WA 99214
Phone 509-928-2417

• November 17 1998
  WEC Letter to WDofAgriculture RE: Implementation of Fertilizer Act
  

• Feb. 19 1999
  WEC Letter to Senator Karen Fraser :RE SB 5809 (Fertilizer Act of 1998)
  

• Feb 17, 2000
  WEC Comments Sent to Ecology RE: Amendments to Chapter 173-303 WAC
  Washington Environmental Council calls for banning the use of ANY wastes high in dioxin content, including but not limited to steel mill flue dust, waste from pulp mills, cement kilns, incinerators, coal or other combustion flue deposits, as a fertilizer, fertilizer ingredient , or soil amendment, regardless of the "K061 exemption".

• The Seattle Times has excellent coverage of the toxics in fertilizer issue
  Seattle Times Archives (Article Summaries)
  

• The Washington State Fertilizer Act of 1998
  

• Additional Ecology Rule Making on Toxics in Fertilizer
  

• Feb 12, 2000: Seattle Times
  400,000 lbs of Uranium Waste Sold as Fertilizer
  

• May 24, 2000: Seattle PI
  Toxic Levels of Cadmium in Zinc Sulfate From China
  

• June 29, 2000:
  EPA Agrees To Get Involved In Fertilizer Regulations
  

• August 02, 2001:
  WTC on Duff Wilson toxic fertilizer book
  

• Sept 12, 2001:
  WTC information on EPA hearing and rule
  

• Mar 13, 2002:
  It's not tobacco's tar which kills, but the radiation!