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Interesting Resources About Worms

Additional Links & Resources

(1) The Worm Whisperer - WEF Highlights  The Worm Whisperer (Article by Jerry Scholder)

https://news.wef.org/the-worm-whisperer/

(2)  The Effectiveness of Vermiculture in Human Pathogen Reduction for USEPA Biosolids Stabilization.  (Clive Edwards Ocoee, FL Pilot Project)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1065657X.2001.10702015

(3)  Vermistabilization of Municipal Wastewater Sludge with Eisenia foetida.  (VS ARTICLE)

Iranian J Env Health Sci Eng, 2004,Vol.1, No.2, pp.43-50

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/143875382.pdf

(4)   Vermicomposting and Agricultural traits and Waste Mgmt

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725894/#:~:text=Vermicomposting%20is%20a%20non%2Dthermophilic,the%20biofertilizer%20namely%20the%20vermicompost

(5)  Biosolids - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics (Research paper)

Earthworms change the quantity and composition of dissolved organic carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions during composting - ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956053X17300508

(6)  Vermistabilization of  Municipal Wastewater Sludge with Eisenia foetida (VS Research Article) 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26488270

(7)  Vermistabilization of sewage sludge (biosolids) by earthworms: converting a potential biohazard destined for landfill disposal into a pathogen-free, nutritive and safe biofertilizer for farms.

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/143875382.pdf

(8)  Environmental waste management strategies and vermi transformation for sustainable developmentScienceDirect) YA Hajam, R Kumar, A Kumar Environmental Challenges, 2023.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010023000719#:~:text=Unlike%20other%20composts%2C%20vermi%2Dcompost,et%20al.%2C%202019

(9)   Articles by Dr. Roy Hartenstein  (Discovered Vermistabilization)

Hartenstein, R. 1981. Sludge Decomposition and Stabilization                                             

Hartenstein, R. 1985. Earthworm Biotechnology and Global Biogeochemistry. Advances in Ecological Research pp 379-409.

Hartenstein, R. and M.S. Bisesi, 1989. Use of Earthworm Biotechnology for the Management of Effluents from Intensively Housed Livestock. Outlook on Agriculture, Volume 18, pp 72-76. Accumulation of heavy metals in the earthworm Eisenia foetida 1980 - Am Soc Agronom R Hartenstein, EF Neuhauser, J … Journal of Environmental …

(10) Pollutants in Class B sludge 2018 spread on fields.

Biosolids: mix human waste with toxic chemicals, then spread on crops | Pollution | The Guardian

“Spending billions of dollars to remove hazardous chemicals and biological wastes from water, only to spread them on soil everywhere we live, work and play defies common sense,” said David Lewis, a former Environmental Protection Agency scientist who opposed spreading sludge on cropland in the mid-1990s as the agency approved the use.

(11)  Carbon in the atmosphere

https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-highest-level-3-million-years/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=tfd_dsa&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiMmwBhDmARIsABeQ7xTUJwcXHwkXgVztq9HMSNowZgQaejd4v37OQKG0DubDIPyjXYxxN0AaAsBCEALw_wcB##

(12) DROUGHT AND EROSION

https://justdiggit.org/drought-and-erosion/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiMmwBhDmARIsABeQ7xTXnagnYGeu5bqQtCgsYmXpcbxgHEoUW26vnFfn6HlxH_1R5B3LKIAaAtRyEALw_wcBhttps://ucanr.edu/sites/mgfresno/

(13)  Vermicomposting Benefits

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287271767_Vermiculture_revolution_The_technological_revival_of_Charles_Darwin's_unheralded_soldiers_of_mankind

(14)  Greenhouse gas emissions Worldwide

https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/#:~:text=Global%20carbon%20dioxide%20emissions%20from,tons%20(GtCO%E2%82%82)%20in%202022.

(15)  EPA Unable to Assess the Impact of Hundreds of Unregulated Pollutants in Land-Applied Biosolids on Human Health and the Environment.

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2018-11/documents/_epaoig_20181115-19-p-0002.pdf

(16)  Clive Edwards Pilot Project Summary

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/biosolid

(17)   Vermicompost has microbial activities that promote plant health and pest/disease resistance. 

https://pdfcoffee.com/vermicomposting-5-pdf-free.html

(18) Article by Jerry Scholder

https://wasteadvantagemag.com/organics-converting-biosolids-to-organic-fertilizer-using-redworms/#:~:text=Vermistabilization%20is%20vermicomposting%20with%20a,EPA%20503%20Class%20A%20requirements


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