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Old September 4, 2016   #35
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WRT the original topic without the culture war being dragged into it:

I would personally be fine with it provided there was certified analysis and everything was in the safe range. But biosolid production isn't standardized nationally, so it would really depend on where it was being made, how, and what the standards for the final product are. In the US, I don't think it's possible to have a blanket policy on biosolid safety--certainly not a blanket policy of acceptance--since standards and practices vary so much from locality to locality.

I'm not predisposed to think it's gross if processed so that it's safe, though, and tend to think that humanity not finding productive uses for our waste is a form of criminal waste. Doesn't have to be veggie production, but we should certainly come up with more ways to do things with it other than landfill it. The real question is whether current processing is actually producing a safe product wherever one is gardening.
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