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Re: Bone Meal -- Is it harmful?

Sue Drake asked whether blood meal comes from cattle and, if it does, would
using it in the garden be safe.

I don't have any special info on blood meal, but I doubt it is restricted to
the blood of any one species or even any one family of mammals.  Rendering
facilities do make meat meal, bone meal, and meat-and-bone meal, but there's
a lot of crossover in these products.  In other words, the slaughterhouses
don't separate the parts very carefully at all.  Meat-and-bone meal would
contain whole heads, tails, hooves, hair, et al.--in short, anything for
which a higher use can't be found.

At a minimum, and until we know more about the dangers involved, I would use
a mask when handling any animal-sourced protein product in the garden.

--Janet
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Janet Wintermute             jwintermute@ids2.idsonline.com
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