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Toilet home 'may have traumatised' compost worms

Posted Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:12pm AEDT

A New Zealand inventor has been forced to defend the use of worms in a
composting toilet he has developed after officials became concerned that
the creatures might become traumatised by the procedure.

Coll Bell was told to get an expert's report on the mental impact on the
tiger worms being used after an official became concerned during a site
visit.

He says the official felt that the worms were being unfairly treated,
being expected to deal with human faeces, and that it could affect them
in a psychological way.

Mr Bell was told he had to get someone with the necessary qualifications
to say the worms were happy.

A vermiculture consultant was called in and she has found the worms are
in excellent health and breeding happily.