Media update, page-640

A bit off topic.......
Likely even more ppl would avoid food grown in China, or other undeveloped countries, if they knew it may have been irrigated with untreated sewerage.

From recent reading…….
“Both studies were in agreement that China was the nation with the largest area of wastewater irrigation”

“When considering health risks associated with the use of untreated
wastewater or poor quality water for irrigation, even a wastewater RFR of a few percent could be enough to cause concentrations of waterborne pathogens in surface water sources to exceed WHO thresholds for acceptable risk.”

“Anecdotal evidence and case studies suggest that where treatment is lacking or insufficient, irrigation with untreated wastewater is a long-standing and widespread practice.”

“Ensinket al documented that farmers in Pakistan were willing to pay more for wastewater than canal water because the nutrients in wastewater allowed them to reduce expenditures on fertilizers [18]. Similarly, farmers in Mexico protested the construction of a wastewater treatment plant, fearing that the facility would reduce concentrations of nutrients relative to the existing untreated wastewater [19]. Despite these benefits, the use of untreated wastewater can pose substantial health risks to those cultivating, selling, and consuming these agricultural products.”​