I have made one of these pet waste disposal units, and it works brilliantly, there is no smell, and the waste breaks down very quickly, and can then be buried as compost.
Then again, Dr. Green says that pet waste is too concentrated for use in the vegetable garden.
I can imagine that there must be a way to dilute the material, over time, perhaps, to make it suitable for any garden use.
...Except where a person or animal has been taking meds or supplements.
According to one medical doctor, at a conference on water, the microscopic life forms in our water are changing with the meds, etc.
Also, I learned a long time ago that water purifies itself in only a few feet, when it runs over rocks. I had thought this to be always true, but now I'd like to see some tests performed, first.
I love that you figure out constructions where you get the same effects for free or very low cost, Spud.
Here, in our town, they make compost from the garden trash collected, mainly trees, Christmas trees, leaves, etc. But I think they also use the processed sludge from sewage.
That raises the whole 'meds, etc.' question again. The city should offer a class in composting, I think...if anyone knows.
There are all kinds of pollutants that get into our water. Many are added on purpose, like chlorine and copper sulfate (to keep down green algae), and the copper leeched from copper pipes, before they were banned. There are lots of homes with the old copper pipes.
Nobody has yet figured out what to do with them.
The body has a copper/zinc balance and there is such a thing as a 'copper personality'. Look it up.
I wonder if someone in Vancouver, B.C. fooled with copper sulfate in the drinking water in 1938 - early 1940's... when I was a toddler.
The pet waste, with the bokashi system, is broken down, and basically digested by the microbes, after 3 weeks, (thats about how long it takes to break down fully), I bury the waste, and plant directly on top of the buried waste. The plants absolutely love it, my tomatoes are huge, they particularly like the doggy doo. The system works the same as a septic system for humans.
Meds in the water supply, is a very big problem, birth control pills, antidepressants, and many others, polluting the water, and the soil. This is something that really needs to be addressed, but I haven't seen any progress on how to deal with this.
It would be better to start at the source, and stop prescribing so many meds to begin with. Ah well, I can dream.
Copper and even lead pipes, are a problem in old houses, in Australia too, also asbestos. There are schemes in place, where these pipes, and asbestos are replaced, and disposed of safely, and in some states the schemes are very inexpensive, or free. The copper and lead are recycled into other areas, where they are a valuable commodity.
My friends hair turned green, simply from the copper pipes in her house, scary.
...The Canadian government is banning incandescent light bulbs...saying we must use the ones with mercury (in the base?).
They are doing it by refusing to let the retailers buy any more incandescents.
Has it been a year since the conference in Nairobi? Obama even sent delegates. People who have been working against mercury poisoning for decades.
They gave the numbers, in pounds. The objective is to lower worldwide production. I can't help but wonder how long methyl-mercury lasts. I think about the slugs of it in my mouth. And that I swallowed when a dentist drilled out a cracked filling, without benefit of rubber dam. I was spitting chunks of it for days, and some has worked it's way into one or two spots against my esophagus.
Have you noticed that medical doctors don't look in your mouth anymore? They don't use tongue depressors, and when you suspect mercury poisoning they murmur about dentists.
Not on MY watch, babe!
The medical profession allowed dentists to use the stuff. Now take responsibility!
So, what happens if there is a domestic fight and a lamp is thrown?
What happens to the house?
Is it called 'contaminated' and loses all its market value?
Do you mean I must learn another whole industry, its rights and wrongs, just to save my grandbabies?
I'm having a hard enough time saving my own life...with a mouthful of mercury Amalgams that no one cares about.
I am amazed that I am still alive.
Dh is as strong as an ox, has a good mind, and, at 86, has all his wits about him. He has been my caretaker, thank goodness.
The main difference between the two of us is that he had all his teeth out more than 40 years ago.
The other main difference between us is that we eat entirely different diets. If I ate what he does, I'd have been dead long ago.
Why can he eat lots of sugars and bacon and potatoes and bread?
Medical doctors notice his good health, but don't make the comparison to mine. ...And they don't want to get to understand me and my history.
I can understand that they have little interest in a senior with all the currently popular ailments (though I feel entirely the same, inside, as at twenty).
My husband stands out for his health. But no one sees the contrast, or seeks the reason.
Now I must find a way to register my complaint against those who wish some of my weaknesses on others.
Fledgling, I think our health has a lot to do with our outlook on life. You may have a less robust system than your husband, but you have a wonderful energy for life, and you seem to have an optimistic outlook.
I've had several health problems myself, but when I changed my thinking, as much as changing my diet and lifestyle, my health was much improved.
Medical doctors are good at fixing broken bones, and making diagnosis, but they aren't much good at the empathy side of things. Then again, if they had to give the same amount of emotional support and empathy, to all their patients, they would be totally drained themselves.
It took me at least fifty years to understand and overcome all the things of my childhood. I was both strong and ignorant in those days...and in ignorance there was strength.
Today most everything has slipped away, resolved.
But that doesn't mean I can allow people with other agendas to pull the wool over the eyes of the innocent, simply to gain hoped-for profits.
I cannot allow the whole planet to go down the tube simply for a greedy few who haven't a clue what they are doing...even to their own grandbabies.
If a handful of men/women can cause a government to rule in favour of this stuff, wait until they see what one pissed off woman can do to protect everyone! I mean, I'm already poisoned, what more can they do to me?
Besides, I've got big smile on face...they don't know what I'm up to.
Pissed off women are a force to be reckoned with, I have Grandkids to protect as well, and will do whatever I can to protect them.
This often means going against those that think they know the "truth", even if their "truth" so blatantly serves the ones that wish to continue to poison our planet.
These politicians, and corporate machines, are taking away the future health of our grandchildren to fill their pockets. It has to stop.
I just read on the Greenpeace site that 1/70th of a teaspoon of mercury can poison a whole lake.
I'm going back to that site and see if I can find the name of that author. There's a way to spread that and similar info that someone out there might like.
Thank you very much Fledgling, it is so important that people are aware of the dangers of coal fired energy generation. The damage done from burning coal, is significant and extremely destructive.
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