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On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 09:33 AM, Mark_Bugaieski@rlicorp.com 
wrote:

> This product was originally developed right here in Peoria, IL at the 
> USDA
> Ag Lab.  It was corn-based and completely safe (even edible).  I don't 
> know
> if I'd trust what Pampers may have added to it.  I do know some 
> wholesale
> nurseries use it as a slurry to dip roots into as they plant; but I've
> never seen efficacy studies.
>
> Mark
Fedco says it's "not allowed" for organic production. So there's 
probably something in it besides corn; though it may not be anything 
that's a problem for any reasons other than organic certification 
procedures. I believe that some things wound up "not allowed" just 
because the producer didn't want to go through the USDA process.

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly