"ArcherB" <ArcherB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:pan.2008.06.28.00.17.49@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:09:39 -0500, Ruth Shear wrote:
>
> > G'day
> >
> > Cindi wrote:
> >
> >> >I'm fairly new to gardening and wondered how all of you keep
roaches,
> >> >ants and rodents out of your compost heaps?
> >
> > Elliot Richmond replied:
> >
> >> Keep it moist, well stirred, and well aerated
> >
> >> Do not keep it sealed
> >
> > Also - do not add meat - keep it to plant material (produce),
eggshells,
> > teabags - newspaper if they use soy ink (if you are going to use your
> > compost on a vege garden).
> >
> > DrRuth
>
> Which brings up a question I had. I was going to use "The Greensheet"
as
> a weed-stop mechanism, but read that some papers use lead in their ink.
> How are we to know which use lead ink and which ones don't?
http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0122.html
"Lead was banned as an ingredient in ink by the EPA in 1985 and is,
therefore, no longer a threat."
"Ingestion of inks used on newsprint has not been an issue because the
ingredients used in the inks are not considered toxic in either the liquid
or dry state."
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