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My understanding is that commercial composting process is much more aggressive than what’s done for home composing
by carterschonwald 3y ago
My understanding is that commercial composting process is much more aggressive than what’s done for home composing
- modeless 3y agoDoes it eliminate heavy metals? PFAS? Every type of plastic? Literally every other type of contaminant that I haven't thought of? Is every batch of the end product tested thoroughly? Even if contamination is rare, is it as rare as other sources of garden soil? Why would I chance it when I know the source is dirty?
- Ekaros 3y agoAlso how do you even test something like compost properly? It is not that uniform product, so test samples could be fine, but other parts metres away could have high levels of contaminants...
- simonsarris 3y agoAs much as ~88% of tested kale contained PFAS, and it's because of commercial compost. Organic kale has more PFAS than non-organic because it uses more compost rather than more synthetic fertilizer. https://anh-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/230621-ANH-USA-PFAS-in-Kale.pdf https://anh-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/230621-ANH-US...
- refurb 3y ago80 nanograms per kg. That’s 80 parts per trillion.
- nine_k 3y agoAnd eating a kilogram of kale is no mean feat.
- earthling8118 3y agoMaybe all at once, but it isn't like the PFAS is going anywhere. It'll wait for you to eat more and more over the years.
- waynesonfire 3y agoAnd how much to turn your testicles inside out? Spoiler, nobody knows.
- jtr1 3y agoA little background on that source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Natural_Health https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Natural_Health
- fransje26 3y agoThat puts it into perspective indeed.. Thanks.
- swells34 3y agoLike, aggressive to the point of being nuclear? Because if not, I'm not sure how you expect it to remove a lot of the chemicals mentioned...