CIVIC LIBRARY
Claim checks
Assertions examined against available evidence. Every assessment has a scope and a limit.
50 published entries
- Contradicted
Did EPA’s July 2026 draft guidance ban biosolids nationwide?
This guidance announcement does not itself impose a national ban.
- Verified
PFAS has been found in municipal biosolids and amended soils.
PFAS occurrence is documented in studied materials.
- Needs Context
Do older studies prove AgTech can never breed flies?
The historical evidence cannot support an all-sites, all-times absence claim.
- Needs Context
The County attributes less than 1% of sampled larvae to biosolids or septage sites.
The County’s statement is documented; the percentage is not independently reproduced.
- Verified
Biosolids-site fly samples tested positive for Salmonella in 2015.
The result concerns pooled traps at sampled locations.
- Needs Context
The County says inspectors found no larvae at six AgTech sites.
The reviewed County page supports the attribution.
- Verified
The County Board asked the State to end AgTech’s lease.
The letter documents the Board’s request and attributed complaints.
- Verified
Yuma approved a biosolids award estimated at $940,000 a year.
The amount is an award estimate.
- Needs Context
Arizona says most of AgTech’s 2025 biosolids came from California.
These are attributed State figures, not independently audited shipment totals.
- Verified
Arizona announced action on five AgTech-related land leases.
The announced lease action is documented.