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compost heap question
"Stephen Howard" wrote in message ... On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:53:25 -0000, "Tumbleweed" wrote: "Stephen Howard" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:53:52 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: What on earth more could one in fact ask for? No unpleasant surprises several years down the line, for one. You ask for the impossible. There are plenty of 'organic' thinsg that are harmful. Lettuce contains more carcinogenic chemicals than many artificial pesticides (banned or otherwise), for example. What are you going to do if thats one of your unpleasant surprises, that you've been happily muching on those for years whilst avoiding spraying them with pesticides that are less toxic than the lettuces! For sure, I'm well aware that nature has its own arsenal of nasties - but that's the whole point, it's nature. The biggest killer of all by far is life itself. Got anything I can put on that? And bunging yet more chemicals onto an already carcinogenic vegetable does what, exactly? It depends on the chemical. But as a rough and ready rule, not much as far as eating it is concerned. As Tumbleweed pointed out, the pesticide typically adds to the lettuce's "badness" only slightly in comparison with its inherent "badness", both of which are in any case pretty well negligible in practice. [snip] Which is perhaps the best reason I've yet seen not to compound the problem by adding yet more chemicals or otherwise monkeying about with nature. But you are adding more chemicals. You (the metaphorical "you") add those which the afficionados have pronounced to be on the side of the angels. And you are in fact continuously monkeying about with nature. Otherwise you would not have had such a plethora of varieties of runner beans or tomatoes to choose from. Franz |
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