[Mike McKown]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

SO...... I'd like to see some sort of scientific proof that bacteria can get through soil into a plant AND LIVE then be transmitted to others. I'm not going to start a big debate on this, but viruses and bacteria that thrive on/in "manure" aren't going to get into the plant. If that was the case then spreading hog, chicken, turkey, cow or any other animal manure onto a garden would be a bio hazard. (There are plenty of diseases and viruses that can be transmitted from animals to humans.) Human waste is not any different. Besides.... if the leech bed was shallow enough that shallow root plants could reach within a few inches of it, then the grass there would be a dark green, or dead, and the ground would always be wet.

I'll just be done on this one...... I think it's made up just because it "sounds gross". I'd do it and not think twice.

I wouldn't.