Re: asking for the bathroom

>>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.


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