In article , Big
Daddy wrote:

I am trying to settle an argument with someone that says you can and
even thinks it stupid if people don't. Any opinions either way?

Controled experiments have found dog poo heats rapidly, composts
completely, leaves no potentially harmful pathogens behind. As for
putting it fresh & yucky right in the garden, there are indeed many
potential pathogens one might be exposed to, the more harmful if if one
doesn't follow normal hygienic practices after gardening. But at worst,
it's no more dangerous than living with an animal that poops in the yard &
scrapes its bum across the living room carpet & licks peanut butter
sandwich particles right into the kids' mouths. The hysterics one
occasionally hears about composted poo of carniverous beasties isn't 100%
baseless, but certainly exaggerated to the point of superstition -- for
what risk does exist will always be considerably less than just petting
the dog.There are in fact so many illnesses that dogs spread to humans
it's a wonder the worry-warts ever have a pet, & they should also stop
gardening & wrap themselves up in sterilized bubblewrap, since every year
quite a few people, generally elderly with no tetanus shots in 20 years,
get blood poisoning & die just from gardening in wholesome soil. If people
wanna worry about stuff that'll make 'em sick up to & including dropping
dead, they should start with their fat & sugar intake, not with the
possibility that their habit of juggling rubber dog doodies might cause
them to accidentally grab a couple fistfuls of actual dogshit.

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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