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Lithium I picked as it's a heavy metal that wouldn't break down per se, though maybe the form it would exist in post-compost would be plenty benign. The sewage
by hedgehog 5y ago
Lithium I picked as it's a heavy metal that wouldn't break down per se, though maybe the form it would exist in post-compost would be plenty benign. The sewage sludge issue I'm unfortunately aware of and have been following due to this case:
https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-02-07/complete-crisis-as-pfas-discovery-upends-life-and-livelihood-of-young-maine-farming-family https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-02...
In my area the majority of contamination is from firefighting foams, and I think in the Bay area there's also a lot in groundwater from semiconductor manufacturing. My understanding is the known way to remove PFCs from soil involves baking at very high temperatures (like 500C) which is impractical at any scale.
- scotty79 5y agoLithium is not a heavy metal.
- hedgehog 5y agoHah, fair, it's actually light. I don't know to what degree it would get taken up by plants or other food organisms (chickens etc), but if it were then that could be a concern as it's a common medication and the net concentration could climb without removal.