Biosolid compost, created from sludge drained from the Persigo wastewater treatment plant and then mixed with animal parts, wood and vegetation, is increasingly being used throughout the Grand Valley to fertilize open spaces. But the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, a national environmental organization based in Falls Church, Va., has been raising concern about the use of biosolids for the past 20 years. 

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