On Fri, 23 May 2003 03:05:23 GMT, "Jock"
wrote:

Look here b4 you dine on the food grown from pussy cat's waste products or
even handle said stuff:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/toxo.html
Jock

Toxoplasmosis is a concern for some people and should be taken
seriously (which is why we flush the cat's solid waste rather than
composting it), but for most people it is not a problem (taken from
the web site above). You need to keep some perspective about the
risk from urine-soaked kitty litter.

Nowhere in the literature do I see any suggestion that the parasite is
harboured on plants, so washing the soil off root vegetables and any
leaves or fruit with soil on them would ensure that you are not
bringing the parasite into your home from the veggie patch.

Tish


"Tish Silberbauer" wrote in message
.. .
We have the same issue. We use the pelletized paper kitty litter. We
flush the solid waste down the loo and put the remainder in the
compost, where it eventually breaks down into lovely compost (our
compost pile is not hot enough and everything seems to take forever to
break down). We also find that flushing the solid waste each day (or
twice a day sometimes) makes the rest of the litter last much longer.

Tish