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Rusty Hinge 2 writes:
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| Some washing powders formulated for hard water areas contain enough
| borax to be a real nuisance. My old man plumbed the outfall of the
| washing machine into the barnyard, and it killed a peach tree in pretty
| short order

Oh, I believe that - it's just that I doubt that the borax was the
major cause. That isn't the only thing they have in them that can
cause trouble to even sewage plants.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.