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> It should not be used to grow food unless it is feed for animals If the potential toxins on the crop are the concern, these animals can also then not be for
by krageon 6y ago
> It should not be used to grow food unless it is feed for animals
If the potential toxins on the crop are the concern, these animals can also then not be for human consumption (directly or indirectly). In a lot of cases they probably can't even produce things for human consumption. There's not a whole lot of use left once you eliminate those use cases.
- panny 6y agoIt depends on what is in your wastewater of course, but most toxin typically concentrates in the leaves rather than the beans/corn. From there, the toxin remaining concentrates mostly in organs which can be discarded, rather than the meat. Each step in the food chain acts as a filter. You do not want to consume the crop directly and have buildup in your organs. Also, eating food irrigated with waste sludge is a great way to catch e-coli. Treated waste is aerated and anaerobic pathogens like that largely neutralized, but it could still happen. If a hog is sick/dies, it's not as big a deal as a human.
- krageon 6y agoSteps in the food chain are concentrators for toxins, not filters. Discarding organ meat isn't a given, though I suppose throwing away the liver in a lot of cases would be a solution. It seems like it is a risky play for relatively little gain, but I'm not a food regulator.
- panny 6y ago>but I'm not a food regulator I take it you've never set foot inside a waste treatment plant either.
- krageon 6y agoIt would certainly help if you explained why you feel the need to snark about something you can't really know about. That way the comment might serve as a vehicle for interesting conversation, instead of whatever this is.