Linda
Brings to mind the story of Juvenal and the troubling question of who can be trusted with power—"who will watch the watchers?" or "who will guard the guardians themselves?" quis custodiet ipsos custodes
In many cases the agency that verifies standards is the very same organization that produces the product your looking to assess.
Arnold
On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 01:35:18 PM EST, Linda Press Wulf via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
I used (and still use) city compost that has been heated and tested, but I became suspicious of the quality. When I enquired, I found out that the mandatory “independent” testing was paid for by the same department that produces the compost or contracts out this job. This seems a conflict of interest to me. I attended a meeting of the municipal body and suggested that an arrangement be made with the local university (University of California in Berkeley) to test the hot compost independently in exchange for free compost, but nothing came of my suggestion.
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