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by shawn-butler 747 days ago
Might have been true 20 years ago. There are very few toxicities in newsprint that rise above natural levels in soil within a very short half life.

https://www.alliumfields.org/2015/05/is-newspaper-in-compost... has data for you and I believe there is a soil health group at Cornell that published alot of studies.

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The article simply handwaves the problem of pcb away and there’s not even talk about PFAS.

Here’s an article by a PhD in Horticulture: https://gardenprofessors.com/cardboard-does-not-belong-on-yo...