HB3403

Save Oklahoma Farms And Ranches Awaiting review of version 7

HORRIBLE BILL!!! They already know this is a problem, OKC documents show PFAS contamination on biosolids land application sites. Research shows toxic MCCP's airborne from biosolids in Oklahoma for the first time in the Westerrn Hemishpere. The humanure interim study proved biosolids are NOT safe. Individuals near biosolids have increased risks of cancers and autoimmune disorders. The DEQ is documented as stating "we have to protect the beneficial use of biosolids". Why are we wasting tax payer dollars to "study" this, just kicking the can down the road, passing the buck, and making the taxpayers foot the bill, bill!! "Oklahoma Biosolids Land Application Research Pilot Program Act Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Department from appropriations, apportionments, donations, and federal grants received for the purpose of completing the Oklahoma Biosolids Land Application Research Pilot Program Act created pursuant to Section 2 of this act. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purpose provided for in this section. Further, chemical abortions and their residuals are entering our wastewater treatment systems, and inevitably ending up in wastewater and biosolids. Current treatment processes do nothing to remove pharmaceuticals from biosolids. Please see letter from 25 Congressmen, including Brecheen and Lankford: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26186656-congressional-letter-to-epa-re-mifepristone/ "We commend this administration's dedication to protecting life and safeguarding public health. In light of these commitments, we write to express our concerns regarding mifepristone and its potential contaminant effects on our nation's waters. In 2023, medication abortions accounted for more than 60% of all clinician-provided abortions that took place within the U.S. health care system-totaling roughly 648,500 medication abortions.These numbers do not reflect the unrecorded number of at-home medication abortions that were performed without the oversight of a clinician. It is imperative that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers evaluating the potential contaminant effects of this drug as the agency develops the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 6 (UCMR 6). Mifepristone is the first step in a two-step drug regimen designed to facilitate an abortion. The drug blocks progesterone, a hormone necessary to support pregnancy and development of the child in the womb.2 A second drug, misoprostol, is taken 24 to 48 hours later to induce uterine contractions and expel the child and other placental tissue" (These are expelled into the toilet and go to the wastewater treatment plant, and into biosolids "humanure."