In Pennsylvania is it illegal to spread human waste onto fields growing crop?

Question

So there is a rumor going around a really large & popular produce stand uses human waste on their cornfields. This seems like it would be illegal as it might spread Hepatitis A. I know they spread animal manure onto the fields, but human waste? Thanks for your response!

Answer 1

Wow, thanks for all this info I think I am going have my own vegetable garden and  I will even can from it, I think I will start making my raised bed now. This turns me off to a healthy life style of fruits and vegetables. Good question wish I never found it.

Answer 2

I live in Pennsylvania and I really hope it is illegal. It could be so diseased. *gag*

Answer 3

That's absolutely DISGUSTING I sure hope not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

It is SAFE if it has been processed first. I know of no law forbidding it.

Answer 5

its treated.. very common all over the country    .sometimes animal p**p is not...i live on a farm in SW Virginia

Answer 6

Approximately 300,000 tons (on a dry-weight basis) of

municipal sewage sludge are produced each year in

Pennsylvania. Three viable options now exist for disposal

or use of this sludge: landfill placement; incineration; and

recycling through application to farm, forest, or mine

land. Although each of these options has its place, recy-

cling efforts have increased in recent years because of

growing recognition that our society cannot afford to

throw away the valuable resources in sewage sludge. Before

sewage sludges can be applied to farmland, however, they

must be treated further to stabilize organic material and

significantly reduce pathogens. Sewage sludges that have

undergone such treatment and that are of sufficiently high

quality to be used as an agricultural soil amendment under the current regulations are known as biosolids.

http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uc...

Answer 7

thats just plain gross. are you sure about this?

Answer 8

Sewage sludge is treated and usually composted prior to being used as an agricultural fertilizer.  It is safe and widely used.  Reclaimed water from sewage treatment is also used in sprayfields and to water golf courses.