Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 12:32 AM 5/11/2008, you wrote:

> As for "wiping," much of the rest of the world uses water (with the 
> left hand or as a stream from a bidet), not paper, which turns out 
> to be more sanitary than paper or other wipes. Always followed by 
> washing hand with soap, of course.

This was my first reaction too when I learned about cloth wipes. 
What's the point when you could just use water? But if you're using a 
sawdust or composting toilet, that extra water may be undesirable. 
And unfortunately there is an even greater squick factor for a lot of 
westerners in using their hand to wipe, regardless of how well it's 
washed afterward. We're such prudes :-(

Liz in SW VA
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