{
  "id": "1998-july-wilson-writes",
  "slug": "1998-july-wilson-writes",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1998-july-wilson-writes.html",
  "year": 1998,
  "month": "July",
  "monthNum": 7,
  "headline": "WILSON WRITES",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "Duff Wilson",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "The Seattle Times",
  "summary": "Wilson highlights resources for accessing toxics information, including the Right-to-Know Network and Environmental Working Group's report on toxics-to-fertilizer practices, while noting the Fertilizer Institute's denial of the problem.",
  "keywords": [
    "toxics",
    "fertilizer",
    "hazardous"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Health & Environment",
    "Data & Databases",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
  ],
  "full_text": "WILSON WRITES:\n\nTHE RIGHT-TO-KNOW NETWORK (HTTP://WWW.RTK.NET) DOES A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THE TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY ACCESSIBLE.\n\nTHE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP (HTTP://WWW.EWG.ORG) PUBLISHED A HUGE REPORT ON THE TOXICS-TO-FERTILIZER PHENOMENON.\n\nTHE FERTILIZER INSTITUTE (HTTP://WWW.TFI.ORG) IS TRYING TO DENY IT IS A PROBLEM.\n\nI FOUND A CANDID HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLER AT HTTP://MEMBERS.AOL.COM FOURN6/INDEX.HTML.\n\nALSO SEE PAGE 15 FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE RECENTLY UPDATED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM DATABASE, AVAILABLE FROM THE DATABASE LIBRARY.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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