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Chinese garlic is a national security risk, says US senator (bbc.co.uk)
5 points by dberhane 931 days ago
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Guessing the mega-recalls of lettuce during the past few years were forgotten:

"In any case, there is no problem with this," an article published by the university in 2017 says.

"Human waste is as effective a fertilizer as is animal waste. Spreading human sewage on fields that grow crops doesn't sound appealing, but it is safer than you might think."

McGill doesn't believe that pathogens exist in human manure? Never heard of E. Coli, Campylobacter, or Novovirus?
Economic welfare is a subset of national security so in that sense he's right. Kinda funny headline though.