permaculture

[ERDA Institute <erda@nor.com.au>]

on 13/6/03 3:12 PM, Claude Genest at genest@together.net wrote:

> I've had a criticism of sheet mulching, to whit, newspaper is full of lead

This is a common comment which in Australia has no relevance - lead based
newsprint ink was outlawed in Australia in the 1070's, only carbon-based ink
is now used which presents no toxicity problem. I would recommend doing some
research to find out what kind of ink is used/permitted locally (nationally)
for newsprint before addressing this issue.
Robyn