Mini Research Write-up on the Controversy of Human Sludge Fertilizer
For this assignment you are to find three short articles or websites that discuss human sludge fertilizer. First look it up and write down a definition of what HSF is here:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Once you have that figured out now you need to find three websites that discuss this controvery. Once you have read them write their URLs here:
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Based on what you have read answer the following questions. Put the number of the source at the end of each answer in order to receive credit.
1. What are three dangers to health caused by the use of human sludge fertilizer? List three and discuss.
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2. What are some of the legal problems that have arisen from the use of HSF? List and discuss.
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3. What countries use human sludge fertilizer? List 5.
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4. List five of the main exports (food crops) that these countries use HSF on?
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