This year the Allin farm applied it on its corn crop using spray irrigation instead of mixing it into the soil. The smell was also so bad this year that Ms. Scheuneman has used a perfumed pillow over her face in order to get to sleep. Neighbours in her area tested their well water, and about a dozen came back with positive results for contamination. Jamee Chatten was one resident whose well was contaminated. Even if her well was clean, Ms. Chatten said she would be worried about what's happening at the Allin farm.
Animal waste is spread on the land all the time . . .
But human waste has come about in just the last 10 to 20 years. He denies that the odours from the Allin farm are any worse than usual, though he admits he hasn't visited the subdivision himself. Yet bad smells may be the least troublesome result of spreading human waste on farm land. The issue has become increasingly controversial in the United States where at least two deaths have been linked to sewage sludge on farms. His family launched a wrongful death lawsuit against the waste management company that delivered the loads.