| Subject: And you know all waste-drived compost has been "properly composted" because organic farmers |
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Date Posted: 09:16:54 05/19/07 Sat
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sci guy
's message, "cur proves once again why he's teh happiest man on earth...." on 10:59:31 05/18/07 Fri
are liberals and we all know liberals never lie?
Just like we all know the moon really is made of green cheese.
>ignorance IS bliss.....
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>Properly composted, manure is sterile.
>
>Also, organic farmers don't just use manure to
>fertilize their crops.
>
>
>>use for fertilizer, instesad of the sterile fertilizer
>>form a chemical (dirty word to the Environmental Left)
>>plant? Of course there's a difference -- farmers not
>>part of the "organic" scam tailor their fertilizer to
>>the precise needs of their soil and the crops they
>>grow, unlike the more politically correct "organic"
>>movement's scammers.
>>
>>
>>>I knew that you didn't have the sense to keep your
>>>water clean.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Fecal Bacteria on Rise in Louisiana Bayous
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>HOUMA, La. -- Fecal coliform bacteria, found in
>human
>>>>and animal waste, has grown to unsafe levels in some
>>>>Terrebonne and Lafourche parish area bayous.
>>>>
>>>>The bacteria get into local waterways because of
>>>>nearby cattle farms, the high number of nutria that
>>>>live in marshes and bayous, and from clogged septic
>>>>systems at private homes.
>>>>
>>>>The Department of Environmental Quality is
>>>>spearheading an effort to study bacteria levels in
>>>>Bayou Lafourche, which supplies much of Terrebonne
>>and
>>>>Lafourche with drinking water. Health officials
>>advise
>>>>against swimming in area bayous, particularly if you
>>>>have cuts, scrapes or open sores.
>>>>
>>>>The water coming into local homes is safe to drink
>>>>because chemicals used to treat water in municipal
>>>>plants eliminate any bacterial threat, said
>>Department
>>>>of Environmental Quality spokesman Howard Fielding.
>>>>
>>>>Local officials are hoping to improve water quality
>>>>with efforts that include water testing and a
>>mandated
>>>>inspection process.
>>>>
>>>>Fielding said he eventually hopes to ask the
>>Lafourche
>>>>Parish Council to hire septic-system inspectors and
>>>>maybe even fine violators.
>>>>
>>>>"We're not there yet," he said. "We have some more
>>>>work to do before we get to that stage. Right now
>>>>we're trying to get our ducks in a row."
>>>>
>>>>Al Levron, Terrebonne Parish's public-works
>director,
>>>>agrees that inspectors are probably the only way to
>>>>curb contamination, adding he thinks federal money
>>>>will be needed to make that happen.
>>>>
>>>>"It's essentially a financial problem," Levron said.
>>>>"We either need federal grants for the construction
>>of
>>>>a new public sewerage system or to pay for
>parishwide
>>>>inspectors. Both options will be expensive."
>>>>
>>>>In the meantime, chemicals will be used to make the
>>>>water safe for human consumption, an option that
>>makes
>>>>water treatment increasingly expensive.
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