The first I heard about this was my husband telling me he had seen a 30-second "spot" about it on the evening news on July 13th. That something so incredibly awful could be disposed of in 30 seconds, with no emotion, just "and now back to you, Chet", shot my level of disbelief into outer space. It seems incomprehensible that so-called human beings (I’m having trouble with the definition) can do things of such stupendous criminal idiocy as to promote the spreading of toxic waste on land that will grow food.

I suppose they MUST convince themselves that it will be harmless, or that the harm will be "not so great", that those nasty regulations are nothing more than "infringements of my right to make money".

We have become so desperate with greed that our souls have been choked off, which appears to result in a serious pinching of the brain as well. All I can say is, better stop eating now, because you sure don’t know what is in that next mouthful. (The only alternative would appear to be: Buy Organic or Die.)

How could this happen? I’ll tell you: it’s because some people have their heads so far up the ass of Greed that they can’t see what they are doing. They are willing to blindly destroy the world while denying all culpability or even risk. These are truly damaged souls, deserving of pity – but not carte blanche to fuck up the lives of everyone and everything else in the name of lining their pockets. Gold-lined coffins is more like what they’ll get, for themselves and their children, after a lengthy and painful stay in the hospital. (OK, fine, if it were just their bargain and did not drag the rest of us into the mess.)

And there are protest articles (from industry) responding to the Seattle Times expose, saying the article should have shown that the fertilizer industry is responsible, that it is only certain "scofflaws" who are making the rest of the industry look bad and who need to be regulated, that alarming the public like this is irresponsible. Well here’s the thing, the public don’t do shit unless they are alarmed, and badly alarmed. I know, because I am one of those who is happy to grab onto any sign that "someone else must surely be taking care of this" – and things keep slipping away like that, slipping and slipping until it’s too late to grab onto them. NO! It’s too easy to let "them" tell us, "We’re taking care of you, don’t be alarmed. Back to sleep, there, there now", while they rip us off and rape us in our sleep. Go ahead, get alarmed: you should be!