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Article #2007Re: Recycling health warning!
From: goddess_kitten
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 00:00
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In article <8gmfui$4rf$2@news.sysnet.net.tw>, Michael Adams <adams@nospam.net> wrote: > > Scott Nudds <af329@freenet.hamilton.on.ca> wrote: > > ant (dont-look@evil.spam) wrote: > > : only if you dont empty your compost bins daily, my great gran told me how > > : important it was to do these things regularly, she was raised in the era > > : before domestic waste collection services existed and recyceling and > > : composting was the norm. > > > I'm lazy and only empty my compostable waste once every 2-3 days. This > > is really insufficient time for dead plant material to go moldy, and I've > > never had a known problem with bacteria. > > > Nothing really even rots that quickly. > > Really? What about factors involving the type of organic matter > along with temperature etc? According to the scientists who did the > study, you are wrong and there are health risks from storing organic > matter inside of a home for composting. > I was curious to see reactions from environmentalists about the health > risks involving things that they like, such as composting. And of > course, these are the same people who will play chicken little and > scream loudly about things they don't like. > Don't you think we need some government regulations and standards > involving composting to protect the public? Maybe warnings on all > composting materaial and bins and literature etc.? > Perhaps a note to all that composting should be done outside rather than inside? -- Light, Love, & Laughter, Kitten "Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - Anonymous "Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." - Joseph Wood Krutch Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb58e,d96e0895a00cd731 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb58e,public X-Google-Thread: 10607c,d96e0895a00cd731 X-Google-Attributes: gid10607c,public X-Google-Thread: fe1ad,d96e0895a00cd731 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe1ad,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,d96e0895a00cd731 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: goddess_kitten@my-deja.com Subject: Re: Recycling health warning! Date: 2000/05/30 Message-ID: <8h0mdd$cup$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Deja-AN: 629037679 References: <8gi0sg$8rq$1@news.sysnet.net.tw> <uqlX4.1778$N4.53258@ozemail.com.au> <8gl7rn$h16$2@mohawk.hwcn.org> <8gmfui$4rf$2@news.sysnet.net.tw> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x53.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.238.143.80 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue May 30 15:23:44 2000 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDgoddess_kitten Newsgroups: talk.environment,sci.environment,alt.org.sierra-club,ca.environment X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (WinNT; U)