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shazzbat wrote:
"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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Usually (always?) there is an implicit 'its a good thing' associated with
the word biodegradeable, for no good reason AFAICS.

Biodegradation is being eaten by bugs, worms fungi etc. It is not breaking
down into harmful chemicals. Although I've never seen a chemical analysis of
worm dung. :-))

While some results of biodegradation can be harmful (e.g. "red tide"),
it isn't all that common. There are actually very good reasons to
regard biodegradability as "a good thing".


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.