New York craps on Alabama

Company turns human waste into free fertilizer

GOODSPRINGS - Human waste from New York is creating a stink in northwest Limestone County and local officials are powerless to do anything about it.

A Texas company has opened a plant that treats sewer sludge from New York and turns it into fertilizer that is spread on Alabama farmland. It's a great deal for farmers, who get the fertilizer for free, but some in northwest Limestone County say they can't stomach the stench.

"When the wind is right, we can't even breathe," said Lori Muse of Goodsprings. "People out here are really upset about it. It smells 10 times worse than a pig barn."

Bill Daws, a county commissioner, called the odor "the worst smell that I've ever smelled."

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