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Re: asking for the bathroom

From:Tom Tadfor Little <tom@...>
Date:Friday, June 1, 2001, 16:45
At 08:12 PM Thursday 5/31/01, you wrote:

>Other societies have surely valued feces as fertilizer, and >you certainly wouldn't want urine to be mixed with it if you >(or your tribe) grew vegetables (which dislike acidic soil).
Human feces is actually very poor fertilizer. The human body removes practically all the nutrients used by plants. Furthermore, feces is likely to carry human diseases into the water and food supply. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Tadfor Little tom@telp.com Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA) Telperion Productions www.telp.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~