Myself, I think recycling is the only way to farm, but I would be concerned about the heavy metals issue which some rare places have had back in the day.
I think it is very common around here, see the trucks hauling & applying the stuff in spring & fall from several small towns around here.
Notice in the paper this spring said the nickel content was up in the waste stream, they'd have to find the problem if it doesn't go away on it's own or waste disposal fees would go way up. A bit of a hint to the couple industries in town that things were going to go badly for someone that was doing something wrong.
The bacteria & stuff is no big deal to me, one switches between species to break up the bugs somewhat. Use old cow poo to fertilize human food, use old people poo to fertilize critter feed.
But to each their own, it's one of those type of questions....
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