gimpyrancher":11f5aln1 said:
It's called Humanure. Mostly a byproduct of composting toilets. Funny how we can compost all kinds of animal manure for improving soil but humanure is somehow different. There is no contamination possible after composting.
Gotta say, it's funny to hear the stories and fears of people who have never researched the subject.
It is composted down to where no one could ever know what it was anymore than composting horse manure and identifying the remains as what it once was. It is not recommended for vegetable gardens. Great for fruit trees and shrubs. Composting toilets separate the liquid from the solids which prevent the mess and smell and avoids the need for sludge pools and leach fields. It is very common in areas where water is valuable.
They are also very popular in off grid homesteading.
Gimpy, the bolded statements are inconsistent with each other.
Maybe you should research the difference between animal manure being used on gardens vs human waste.
No possible contamination after composting? So composting in and of itself kills all pathogens???? No it doesn't.
Other means would need to be taken, and only someone wanting to win a darwin award would take chances with things like gardens/vegetables.
As stated, pastures where other species are consuming the plant growth is a different matter.
Why is it illegal to feed beef proteins to cattle? Or sheep proteins to sheep?
There is a very legitimate reason. But yet you can feed off species proteins to other species.
Very similar reasoning that human feces should never come into contact with food that will be consumed by other humans. They are called human pathogenic agents. Few pathogens cross species. So using cow manure is different than human waste. VERY different.
Regolith, the answer to why things are flushed in rivers is because "The solution to pollution is dilution." All things can be toxic. Water can be toxic. It's not that any one thing is present, it is a matter of what concentration it is present. Add thousands of gallons of running water, and a seriously toxic concentration of a substance can be quickly mitigated to non-toxic levels.