Oklahoma Mom Requests Meeting with President Trump

Says Data Shows the Risk to Human Health from Federal Sewage Sludge Rule is Incompatible with Making America Healthy Again and It's Time for Solutions

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, UNITED STATES, November 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Oklahoma City mom, turned researcher and nonprofit founder, Paula Yockel, has released a 10-minute video Open Letter to President Trump, HHS Secretary Kennedy and the American People via social media presenting a compelling case on the risk to human health from land-disposed sewage sludge (aka “biosolids”) per U.S. federal rule, 40 CFR Part 503, and requests a meeting with President Trump to discuss facts and solutions.

While showing the rare and visceral drone footage of actual land-application of sewage sludge, Yockel poses the question to President Trump, “Have you ever seen what we do with the waste from our city sewers?” She then pivots to revealing the 2010-2015 publicly available hospital discharge data showing the disproportionate risk of disease in a rural community where toxic sewage sludge has been land-applied to farmland since the early 80s—the community where she and her family lived for many years. “The community shows over 125 diagnoses with a statistically significant increased relative risk compared to the state [of Oklahoma]—including acute and chronic illness…”, Yockel says while displaying the graphed data.

“Mr. President, we have a problem worth solving… and a national wastewater infrastructure problem worth solving”, she says in the video.

The video also reveals other harms from the 503 Rule beyond the communities where sludge is applied to farmland as fertilizer. “The American People have no idea some of the food they are eating is being grown or grazed on toxic sewer sludge,” she says.

Further discussion with Yockel reveals her proposed solution is a secondary tier of national wastewater infrastructure dedicated to the safe management of sewage solids. “Today’s wastewater infrastructure is engineered to separate liquids and solids, then focuses on treating the liquid. It was not designed for, nor is it capable of safe disposal of sewage solids. With a new secondary tier of infrastructure, today’s trucks would deliver the sludge to new regional facilities instead of U.S. soils.” Yockel indicates that engineering innovation and significant capital investment are required, but as she states in the video, “the American people are already paying a cost far greater than any dollar amount needed to fix this … But if we care about this, it can be done.”

Yockel concludes her remarks to President Trump by requesting a meeting with him at the People’s House and conveys the message that “Making America Healthy Again and dumping our sewage into our lives are wholly incompatible. We can’t have both … And we want to help you and Secretary Kennedy Make America Healthy Again.”

The mom, and nonprofit founder, says she’s ready for the meeting when the call comes.

She is asking the American people to share her video far and wide on social media. Yockel says, “There’s no politics in our mission. This affects all Americans and is something we can truly unite on. No one needs sewage in their life.” The video is posted to FB @ Paula Yockel and Mission503; X @ Mission503USA; TikTok and IG @ Mission503Official; YouTube @ Mission503.

The video ends with message boards inviting the American people to support her mission by visiting www.Mission503.org and signing a petition, getting the t-shirt, and/or donating $5.03. And for Americans who feel harmed by sewage sludge, she invites them to register on her National Register of 503 Victims found on her website’s Unite/Be Heard page.

The drone footage in the video is available to media at www.Mission503.org on the ABOUT page in MEDIA KIT.

Yockel welcomes assistance from the media to route the video to President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy, as well as help build awareness of the video with the American people.
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Paula Yockel (pronounced YAW-kuhl) is the founder and President of Mission503, Inc. A 501c4 social welfare organization dedicated to raising awareness to the harms of land-disposed sewage sludge per federal rule 40 CFR Part 503 and advocating for policy change and new national wastewater infrastructure. Yockel and her family experienced significant illness from sewage sludge disposal near their home when living in northeast Oklahoma County, OK. Harm inspired research. Research inspired the mission. The key findings in her research are presented in a slideshow at www.Mission503.org > Get Informed. Media Kit on ABOUT page.

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