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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...case of the 49ers, a new suspect has emerged: a fertilizer used on the team's practice field. Pasco Balzarini, a retired maintenance worker, remembers using a product called Milorganite on the field from 1947 until the mid-'50s (though he does not believe he used it in Waters' era, and neither the 49ers nor the local parks department can confirm it was ever used). Milorganite, made by the Milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district, is a heat- dried residue of sewage sludge and is used on lawns nationwide. Prior to 1978, it had a high content of cadmium, a heavy metal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Probing A Mysterious Cluster | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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