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To: smokingfrog

Grow food in poop. Not the best idea we’ve had.

Besides the possibility of pathogens and prions, what about drug residues?


2 posted on 07/15/2012 9:34:56 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1271 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: null and void
Grow food in poop. Not the best idea we’ve had.

I've got to disagree there. Notwithstanding your questions, it's just about the best idea California has come up with in decades.

3 posted on 07/15/2012 9:36:51 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: null and void

I’d be more concerned with heavy metals. BTW, I’m not talking music.


4 posted on 07/15/2012 9:37:54 PM PDT by meatloaf (Support Senate S 1863 & House Bill 1380 to eliminate oil slavery.)
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To: null and void
What are you worried about?

From Wikipedia: All known prion diseases affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissue and all are currently untreatable and universally fatal.[4]
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This structural stability means that prions are resistant to denaturation by chemical and physical agents, making disposal and containment of these particles difficult.

Oh, yeah. Miss-folded protiens that only affect humans have to come from humans... So lets put humans in the food chain... Not a good idea.

7 posted on 07/15/2012 9:41:06 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: null and void
Grow food in poop. Not the best idea we’ve had.

Well... we've got to do something with it, and it is an excellent fertilizer. Plants grow best around the septic lagoon.

Besides the possibility of pathogens and prions, what about drug residues?

Well... you should wash any plant food before eating it.

10 posted on 07/15/2012 10:00:21 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: null and void
Grow food in poop. Not the best idea we’ve had.

Vietnamese would have to disagree. The smell smacks you in the face as soon as you step off the plane. Hey, ain't no Porta-Potties out in the paddies, just roll up the pant leg, squat down and let her rip......

I suppose their generations have built up some sort of immunity to whatever gets passed along.

13 posted on 07/15/2012 10:06:59 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: null and void

much of Talapia fish is raised this way.

2 to 3 weeks before harvest they are moved to a pure water containment to cleanse their system of any toxins.

Delish, huh?


14 posted on 07/15/2012 10:20:52 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: null and void

Think about that next time we have fish tacos.

LOLOLOLOL

True story.


15 posted on 07/15/2012 10:21:31 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: null and void

We’ve been using it to fertilize animal feed crops around here for years.


26 posted on 07/16/2012 3:58:06 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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