Tom wrote: >The only problem here is that much human urine is not "organic" in the >sense that we have so many food additives, antibiotics and other >drugs/chemicals in our bodies, due to the prevalence of synthetic >industrial chemicals in our environment, that the urine passed by the >average American would not meet the criteria for "organic", as in "organic >gardening". Now if a person doesn't take any pharmaceuticals and you eat >and drink only organic foods/beverages, this would probably be a >non-issue. My $.02. Tom Our urine is normally as organic in the ag sense of the word as anything grown using it. The occasional exception is a round of antibiotics, which I was in fact concerned about putting into the septic tank, lest it upset the bugs we depend on there. Such contaminated urine is much better spread on the ground where light and oxygen can get at it and a far greater array of microbes can attack it. I used it on grass, rather than in the garden. Keep in mind that one of the problems with sewers and so-called wastewater treatment plants is that some of this stuff survives and ends up in the discharge water. Tales of sexually weird and malformed fish due to hormones in birth control pills surviving treatment validate such a concern. Best to keep that stuff out of the water.
Joel _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
