i'm inclined to agree with ken. did a little googling on "toxins in paper" and got a slew of results, some of them are alarmist exaggerations, but there is some serious concerns also. how and what would leech into the soil would be difficult to tell, but it doesn't appear at all safe. start with wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_pollution
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, ken bolin <bornofthehorses@...> wrote:
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> Do not use it around anything you would eat from to be on the safe side there are tons of chemicals harmful to man used in making paper and I know of no way to know what is in the paper used.
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> Ken
> LEAD FOLLOW OR GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY
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