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Originally Posted by dikken
Interesting thoughts about the possible effects of the pottery adjuncts in the soil on diseases, especially the effect on the ammonia in urine. The effect of excess humanure in tropical climates usually results in nasty diseases such as cholera and diphtheria which can, and has, killed many people.
I wonder if the combined use of charcoal, pottery, and whatever other stuff help sterilize,or offset, the use of human excrement.
dikken
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Yes, an important consideration!
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
...talks about how 40% of the world's population has no bucket ...or better,
and how disease from unmanaged human waste kills more than any other cause,
and how modern sanitation "has added 20 years to the average human life."
& "90 percent of the globe’s sewage ends up untreated in oceans, rivers and lakes."
quotes from:
Scientific American Reviews: Scroll down past "...the Great Pyramid:" review
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