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  • From: Lon Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] shredded newspaper
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:41:08 -0800

I spoke to someone in the newspaper industry one time who told me that the glossy finish on color ads in newspapers is a clay compound. If that's still true, I don't see why it would be a problem in the garden.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jan 31, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Carol Matthews wrote:

Hi Andrew and all:
    I only know that the newspaper inks in Canada are vegetable based, including the colour pages, although the glossy pages might be different. But it's always good to double check!



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