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Re: asking for the bathroom

From:Tom Tadfor Little <tom@...>
Date:Friday, June 1, 2001, 19:20
>>Human feces is actually very poor fertilizer. The human body removes >>practically all the nutrients used by plants. > >Is it? I'm told that the human digestive tract is remarkably inefficient >compared to most mammals', and human feces are thusly quite good as >fertilizer. > >My history book claim that human feces was the main fertilizer in China for >a couple of millennia.
Sorry, I should have checked before posting. I was relying on memory and it didn't serve me well this time. The nutrient content is fine; the health risks, though, are real, and probably help account for the use of animal manure in preference to human feces in most parts of the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Tadfor Little tom@telp.com Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA) Telperion Productions www.telp.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~