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Now, usually you can’t get Dom from Slough to do anything. But one sniff of humanure, and he’s moved to action:
I felt I had to write regarding the humanure section, because although Helen is right to say that it is in use, there are questions over its safety, hence why it’s not more widely used.
Basically, shit is not clean. Sounds obvious I know, but it’s relevant due to the germs that survive in it. Horse manure and pig manure etc are OK, because they contain horse and pig germs. Humanure (or night soil) is more questionable because it contains human germs. So it does need to undergo treatment to ensure safety (to differing degrees in different countries according to local regs), and many people are still unhappy with its use.
Rose George’s book, The Big Necessity
, is excellent on this and many other subjects relating to sanitation. If you only read one book about the safe disposal of human waste, I would recommend this one.
Hurry! If you order now, you can get copies of The Big Necessity delivered in time for Christmas. It’s the perfect toilet read*, in a manner of speaking.
* as is this, of course.
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