06/9/2009	NBMA Resource Library - June 2009 Read New items in the NBMA Resource Library, June 2009   More >>

03/31/2009	NBMA RESOURCE LIBRARY -- April 2009 Read New items in the NBMA Resource Library, April 2009   More >>

10/21/2008

NEW ITEMS IN THE NBMA RESOURCE LIBRARY -- November 2008 This month the library diverges from the Associated Press by presenting science and not some combination of science and fiction. Recent articles in the AP have called the safety of biosolids into question both in a traditional agricultural setting and in an inner city project to reduce the hazards associated with elevated soil lead. Science is not the only thing we need to gain public acceptance and make good public policy but it should be a solid basis for both of those things. Here are the scientific papers that help to make clear the fictional portion of both AP stories   More >>

07/14/2008	Chicago Work Shows Dioxins in Land Application is No Issue The district in Chicago returned to its sites which were intensively used for biosolids application and measured dioxin in soils and corn crops. No siginificant dioxin concentrations were measured in crops compared to background.  More >>

06/20/2008	July Research Abstracts Sally Brown provides us, early, with the July abstracts. It must be the inspiring recent articles on the fate of pharmaceutical in wastewater. So why the disconcerting article about prions.  More >>

06/20/2008	The Original Research Articles on Compost and Lead in Urban Soils The original research into the bio-geochemistry of soil-borne lead and the use of compost to reduce bioavailability is worth reading. They show some of the special attributes of biosolids interactions in soils.  More >>

05/28/2008	Biosolids as a Cause of Somatic Disease This is a survey of the literature into psychomatic illnesses, which in many cases can be triggered by malodors. Biosolids produces odorants shown by science to trigger such reactions.  More >>

07/11/2007	Effects of Digestion on Odors Effect of Digestion Practices on Production of Odorants from Anerobically Digested Biosolids  More >>

08/14/2006	MABA Joins NBMA Research Library -- Sept. 2006 Now Available MABA Members have access to the Research Library of the Northwest Biosolids Management Association. The monthly research abstracts are available for view at the Research Page.  More >>

03/31/2006	Antibacterial Chemicals in Biosolids? A presentation was given by Rolf Halden of Johns Hopkins University at the MABA Research Symposium on the fate of the persistent anti-microbial agent triclocarban.  More >>

03/27/2006	Chemicals, Enzymes and Biological Agents -- Do They Work? MABA Executive Director reports on his experience in Philadelphia with   More >>

03/27/2006	MABA Research Symposium Presentations Available from MABA Office The presentations made by the region's pre-eminent biosolids researchers are available to MABA Members  More >>

05/30/2005	MABA Research Summary--May 2005 The fledgling MABA research program has been underway and funding projects for the past three years.   More >>

11/16/2004	Research on Odors from Anaerobically Digested Cake This is a recent report from Bucknell University's Matthew Higgins reporting on research on biosolids odors sponsored by MABA.  More >>

09/12/2003	Univ of AZ Reports No Staph in Biosolids The University of Arizona's Water Quality Centre has reported that it has not found Staph aureaus in biosolids.  More >>

06/3/2003	Effects of Dewatering Equipment on Odors Research shows that high solids centrifuges increase biosolids odors  More >>

06/3/2003	PWD Experiments with Ash for Odor Mitigation Odor control evaluation with coal ash in Schuylkill County, PA  More >>