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actinomycetes: 39, 43population in compost: 39population in soil: 39thermophilic: 46

activated sludge treatment: 93aerobic bacteria: 31aerosol can remediation: 59

Africa: 117agricultural land: 72agricultural limestone: 53

Agricultural Testament: 48agriculture: 20

Asian: 73Bio-dynamic: 123pollution from: 20

agronutrients in humanure: 14Alascan: 120algae: 21, 92

bacteria with: 221alternative graywater systems:see constructed wetland

ammonia: 95ammonia gas: 33anaerobic bacteria: 31anaerobic odors: 31analgesics: 19animal manures: 22animal mortalities: 62anthracnose: 60antibiotic resistant bacteria: 18antibiotics: 19, 46produced by microorganisms:46

antimicrobial compounds: 46antiseptics: 19appliances, water use: 208aquaculture: 21

Aquatron: 120aquatic plants: 96

illustrated: 218Argentina: 117artificial wetland (see construct-ed wetland)

Ascaris lumbricoides: 26, 107,133, 134, 137, 150-151co-evolution: 133eggs of: 99, 133

viability: 134, 137shell: 134

development temperatures: 134ashy stem blight: 60

Asian recycling: 72Aspergillus fumigatus: 52

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Bacillus stearothermophilus: 41,45

bacteria: 27, 131; see also

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pathogensaerobic: 31anaerobic: 31antibiotic resistant: 18heavy metal resistance: 99mesophilic: 37populations in compost: 39populations in fertile soil: 39psychrophiles: 37resistance to antibiotics: 99size of: 38thermophilic: 37

Bahrain: 20Bavaria: 78beach closings: 17beach pollution: 18Beef tapeworm: 99benzene: 89beta-blocker heart drugs: 19bilharzia: 132

biobins: 231biodiversity: 43, 45

in compost: 43, 45in nature: 44in soils: 60

Bio-Dynamic: 123biofilter: 59, 61, 159Biolet: 118biological filtration systems: 59,61

Biological Oxygen Demand: seeBOD

biological sponge: 108, 161, 173Biological-Macrophytic MarshBed: 213

biopesticides: 62biosollids: 234Bio-Sun: 120

bladder cancer: 95Black Death: 77blackwater: 97, 203BOD: 210body fat: 5boron: 206Botswana: 117Brazil: 15bread, thermophiles on: 37breast cancer: 5Bronx River: 17bucket toilets: 125, 156, 159,185, 189emptying: 183, 193

bulking material: 104bulrush: 213Butler, Pennsylvania: 232

C

C/N ratio: 33, (see carbon)Calcutta: 21Campylobacter: 130

cancer: 5, 20, 89, 94Candida albicans: 45Cape May: 37carbofuran: 56carbon: 33carbon dioxide: 5, 14, 41carbon tetrachloride: 94Carbon/Nitrogen ratio: 32, 33, 34

nitrogen loss and: 33, 34of humanure: 35

carcinogens: 5, 94carousel toilet: 116cartage systems: see bucketCasa del Aqua: 208Catholic: 78cat liver fluke: 132cattail: 218Celsius: 237Central America: 113, 229cesium: 57

chemical fertilizer: 20leaching: 20groundwater pollution: 20global consumption of: 20U.S. usage: 20

chemicals, toxic: 56, 97chemical wastes: 97Chernobyl: 57childhood cancers: 5chili wilt: 60China: 21, 67, 72, 122, 127, 201

humanure recycling: 81humanure dumping: 82sanitation: 82use of synthetic fertilizers: 81wastewater disposal: 82water pollution in: 82

Chinese liver fluke: 132

chloramine: 95chlorinated chemicals: 58chlorine: 18, 57, 92, 207

bladder cancer and: 95chloramines: 95pregnant women and: 95rectal cancer and: 95U.S. population exposure: 95

chloroform: 89, 94chlorophenol: 57cholera: 12, 21, 77, 79, 80Christianity: 77chromated copper arsenate: 36Clivus: 115, 118Clopyralid: 59CO2: 5, 14coastal discharges: 17coastlines: 17

coliform bacteria: 17, 135, 210fecal: 135

combined sewers: 17, 91Complete Book of Composting:32

compost: 26

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acidity: 53-55actinomycetes: 43aerosol can remediation: 59aerosol emissions: 52aeration: 50

analysis: 180antibiotics: 19, 46batch: 41, 50, 179benefits of: 22, 28, 32, 62binding metals: 56binding lead in soils: 57bins: 172, 173biodiversity: 43, 44, 45biofilters: 59, 173biopesticides: 62browns and greens: 36bulking materials: 66, 104cold climate heat loss: 52compost testing labs: 117continuous: 41, 50, 179

turning: 49, 179cost of turning: 49, 52covering: 29, 31, 180

cover materials: 31, 180curing: 42decontaminating soil: 58defined: 26degrading toxic chemicals: 29,57

dehydration: 31designer: 62dogs and: 29, 64enzymes: 53filtration systems:59flies and: 31four necessities for: 30

balanced diet: 32moisture: 30oxygen: 31temperature: 31

four stages of: 41

freezing: 31fungi: (see fungi)heat of: 45heavy metals and: 100inoculants: 52-53labs: 117leachate from: 178leaching: 29, 178lignins: (see lignin)liming: 48, 53, 54, 181microorganisms in: 39mineral additives: 53moisture losses: 30moisture requirement: 29, 30-31

moisture retention: 28myths: 48needs of: 158newspapers in: 65nitrogen loss: 49not managed: 141odors: 31, 59oxygen: 31, 48, 51pathogen destruction and: 113

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pH of: 53piled on the bare earth: 183piling: 29pits: 110, 113primal: 156

rainfall and: 31rats and: 192root rot control: 60sanitized: 44, 45self-aeration: 51shrinking: 30spirituality and: 69spontaneous fires: 37static piles: 52stormwater filters: 59suppress plant diseases: 60tea: 60temperature: 31testing: 47, 117toilets: 103too hot: 45turning: 49, 51, 52uncured: 43

unturned: 51wood ashes in: 53

compost bins: 172biofilter: 173biological sponge: 173cover material used in: 172double-chambered: 172made from pallets: 177normal bin sequence: 173

illustrated: 176photos: 175, 194size: 173three-chambered: 174-5

constructing: 174-5photo: 175

underneath the toilet: 186composting: 21, 22

aerosol emissions: 52

aeration: 50and rats: 192animal mortalities: 62

Asian: 80, 110in China: 67, 110in Vietnam: 110

batch: 179benefits: 22, 28, 32, 62bin: 173biofilters: 173bones: 56, 66browns: 36chemicals: 56, 58chlorinated chemicals: 58Clopyralid: 59contamination problems: 233continuous: 110, 179cooling phase: 41curing period: 41dead animals: 62destroy plant pathogens: 60Dicambra: 56diesel fuel: 57disposable diapers: 65

dog manure: 64eggshells: 66fats: 55flies: 31for a diseased population: 141

freon: 57frozen: 181greens: 36hair: 65heavy metals and: 100-101herbicides: 56Indore process: 48inoculants: 52insecticides: 56in Vietnam: 111

junk mail: 65leaching: 178legalitites: 197lime: 48, 53, 54lipids: 55mesophilic stage: 41myths: 48newsprint: 65

no turning: 51odors: 31oils and fats: 55oxygen levels: 31, 48, 51pathogenic population: 141PCBs: 56, 57, 58pet manures: 64pits: 110, 113RDX: 58retention time: 178retention time, diseased popu-lations: 178

sanitary napkins: 65segregation of materials: 55sewage sludge: 231slow: 26soil in: 111source separation: 233

telephone books: 65TCE: 57temperature monitoring: 181curves: 182

thermometer: 117thermophilic: 26, 41TNT: 56, 58toilet paper: 66toxic chemicals: 56, 58turning: 48

cost: 49effects on bacterialpathogens: 51

emissions: 52heat loss, cold climates: 52loss of agricultural nutrients:49

loss of nitrogen: 49oxygen, and: 51

unturned: 51uranium: 57, 100VOC: 59weed seeds: 62what not to compost: 55


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wood chips: 66Composting Council: 27composting toilet systems: 103composting toilets: 103, 145,197

Alascan: 120Aquatron: 119Biolet: 118Bio-Sun: 120Carousel: 116, 118Clivus: 115, 118commercial: 104, 106, 114,118-120

cover materials: 105defined: 103Dowmus: 119Envirolet: 119Guatemalan: 115Hamar: 120homemade: 104laws: 198low-temperature: 107

retention time in: 107

managing: 104, 105, 109multrum: 114odor prevention: 108owner-built: 107pathogen survival in: 144,145, 147

Phoenix: 119priming: 108solar: 116Sun-Mar: 120Sven Linden: 120transmission of pathogensthrough low-temperature: 145

Vera Toga: 118water savings: 117

composting toilet systems: 103compost leachate: 178compost microorganisms: 39

compost pileaeration: 110compost pit: 110, 113compost stormwater filter: 59compost tea: 60compost testing labs: 117compost thermometers: 117compost toilets: 103compost toilet systems: 19, 103Confront: 59Connecticut River: 90constructed wetland: 96, 210,212, 213cells: 214, 216defined: 210evapotranspiration: 212four components for functionalsuccess: 205, 208

in cold climates: 217in greenhouse: 219, 220mulch basins: 219liners: 214plants: 216, 217single cell, diagram: 214


size required per household:214, 217

soilbeds: 221soilboxes: 221subsurface flow: 213, 214

surface flow: 213, 214two cell, diagram: 215two types of: 213Watson Wick: 212

continuous composting: 110Control Lab: 117Cornell University: 99cover material: 31, 105, 159,180

coxsackieviruses: 130crops, pathogen survival on: 136CTS Toilet: 119

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DDT: 94, 97decomposition, optimal: 46

Defense Department: 58designer compost: 62detergents: 207Dicambra: 56diarrhea: 130diesel fuel: 57dioxin: 94disease: 121, 127epidemic: 79, 124

disease resistance in plants: 60dogs: 29, 64dog manure: 64Dowmus: 119drains: 206drinking water: 16, 226

analysis: 136chlorine and: 95quality violations: 95

quantity worldwide: 16, 117duckweeds: 217

nutrient absorption: 221dumps: 15Dutch Hamar: 120dwarf tapeworm: 132dysentery: 130

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E. coli: 42, 46, 51, 135, 136Earthship: 219earthworms: 66Ebola: 5Echovirus: 130ego vs. the eco: 70Egypt: 231

El Salvador: 230emergency toilet: 155England: 79, 229

Public Health Act: 79-80sanitation in: 80

English gardens: 161

Entamoeba histolytica: 131Envirolet: 119enzymes: 53epidemic disease: 79, 124erosion: 20

Escherichia coli: see E. coliestuaries: 17Europe: 228, 231history: 77

evapotranspiration: 212extinctions: 3, 5

bird species: 3mammals: 3plant species: 4primates: 3

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Fahm, Lattee: 101Fahrenheit: 237Fairfield, Connecticut: 234Farmers of Forty Centuries: 73

Feachem et al.: 127fecal coliforms: 17, 135, 211

excreted in 24 Hours: 134in bathing water: 211in laundry water: 211in natural streams: 136survival times in soil: 134

fecal material, U.S. productionof: 75

fecespotential bacterial pathogensin: 130

potential protozoan pathogensin: 131

potential viral pathogens in:130

potential worm pathogens in:132

fecophobia: 105, 184fertility (loss of in soils): 73fisheries: 3fish grown with humanure: 21fishing: 17fish tapeworm: 132flies: 31, 200Flatt, Hugh: 189Florida: 13flush toilets: 15, 20food waste: 13forests: 3France, water use: 20freon: 57fungi: 39, 42, 43

breaking down petroleum: 57enzymes replace chlorine: 57populations in compost: 39

populations in fertile soil: 39thermophilic: 43Fusarium oxysporum: 60


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garbage disposals: 204, 211bacteria and: 205

gastroenteritis: 18Germany: 78, 229

Bad Kreuznach: 231Duisberg: 231Munich: 231water use in: 20

germination of seeds: 40giant intestinal fluke: 132Gilgit: 126global temperature changes: 4global warming: 2, 4, 13glossary: 238God: 72Gotaas: 235gravity waterline switch: 220graywater: 31, 96, 203, 207, 222

amount generated per personper day: 207, 211

and boron: 206

and powdered detergents: 207and softened water: 207bacteria in: 209, 210

growth and survival of: 210reproduction in storage: 211

4 steps to reuse: 205, 208garbage disposals and: 204health threat from: 209

rules to follow: 211pathogens and: 209reuse for landscape irrigation:208

source-separated: 222green belt: 127Guatemala: 204Guatemalan composting toilet:115

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Hamar: 120Hantavirus: 5health agents: 196Healthy Hunzas: (see Hunzas)heavy metals: 98, 100, 102

accumulation in plants: 100helminths: 26, see parasiticworms

hepatitis: 18, 21, 82Hepatitis B: 127herbicides: 56, 59Hermiston, Oregon: 58Himalayas: 125HIV: 5Hoitink, Harry: 60

hookworm: 132, 148survival time of: 149

Hopei: 110hormones: 19Howard, Sir Albert: 29, 48, 54,


126Huangpu River: 82human consumption: 3, 4human excrement: 21

four ways to deal with: 25

tons produced per year: 101using raw: 21, 25, 75U.S. production of: 75water needed to flush: 101weight of per capita: 74

Human Nutrient Cycle: 9, 10-11,human pathogenic potential: 3human population: 3human waste: 8, 73U.S. production of: 75water needed to flush: 20, 101

humans as pathogens: 70humans vs. nature: 70humanure: 41

agronutrients in: 14bacteria per gram in: 41composition of: 35dangers of: 122

discarded: 12dollar value of: 15feeding to algae: 21frozen: 182global production of: 14nutrient value of: 14pathogen survival in: 137raw: 21, 75recycling: 21U.S. production of: 75thermophiles in: 41tons of water needed to flush:101

tons per square mile: 15weight of, per capita: 74

humanure, danger of: 21Humanure Hacienda: 174-175humility: 70

humus: 19, 22, 28, 70Hunzakuts: 126Hunzas: 29, 125hydric soil: 210hydrobotanical method: 213hydrogen ion: 38hydrophyte: 210hyperthermophiles: 37

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incinerating toilet: 198incineration: 58, 102India: 29, 48, 113, 156indicator bacteria: 135indicator pathogens: 134Indore process: 48inks: 65

inoculants: 52-53insecticides: 56intestinal parasites: 21, 26

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jail fever: 77, 79Japan: 21, 72, 81, 201, 228Jews: 78

junk mail: 65

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Kervran-Effect: 100King, Dr. F.H.: 73, 200Korea: 21, 201Koreans: 72

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labs to test compost: 117lagoons: 92, 93, 143, 144lakes: 17landfill: 12, 13contamination plumes: 13

methane: 13lavatory fluid: 123leachate: 178leachate barrier: 178leachate collection: 178lead: 57, 100, 102lead-contaminated soil: 57, 100legalities: 197

regarding the composting ofhumanure: 197

leguminous plants: 75lignin: 42lime: 48, 53, 54lime stabilized sludge: 53lipids: 55London, England: 79Long Island Sound: 19Los Angeles: 17

Lovley, Derek: 57Lubke, Sigfried: 57lumber, pressure treated: 36lung fluke: 132Lymes Disease: 5

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macroorganisms: 28magnification: 27manures: 22, 35

comparisons of: 35dog: 64

Mars: 6marsh filters: 96, 213mercury: 97mesophiles: 37, 40

methane: 13, 32methyl bromide: 60methylene chloride: 89Mexican biological digester: 83Mexico: 113microbial biodiversity: 45


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microbial rock filter: 213microhusbandry: 25microorganisms: 37, 39

antibiotic production: 44biodiversity: 45

mesophilic: 37thermophilic: 37

microwave toilet: 102Miguel: 37Milan, Italy: 78Milorganite: 98minimum infective doses: 47,128

missionaries: 229Missoula, Montana: 234, 232Mother Earth News: 28motor oil: 97mouldering toilets: 103

pathogens in: 144mulch basins: 212, 219multiverse: 72multrum toilet: 114, 131munitions sites: 58

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Native Americans: 79naturalchemy: 27nematodes: 44Netherlands: 229New England: 79New York State: 17sludge produced: 100

newspaper: 65pigment: 65

newsprint: 65night soil: 8, 21, 25, 73, 75, 127,in Asia: 21, 73in Japan: 81pathogen inactivation in: 26

nitrates: 20, 142nitrogen: 19, 33, 49, 75

loss due to C/N ratio: 33, 34loss due to turning: 49

Norway: 114Nova Scotia: 52, 228, 229, 232

organics ban date: 52, 229composting: 229, 232green cart: 229

nuclear arms race: 71nuns: 69nutrient runoff: 20

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ocean sludge ban: 19oil: 97

Oklahoma: 99On-Farm CompostingHandbook: 27

organic matter: 28calcium movement throughsoil: 54


loss due to turning: 49organic waste: 6, 13organochlorines: 94outhouse: 85, 142

pollution through dry soil: 86

pollution through wet soil: 85oxidation ponds: 92, 228oxygen: 27, 31in water: 19tension: 51

ozone: 94ozone depletion: 5

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Pakistan: 125parasitic worms: 131, 132, 145

egg death: 140survival in soil: 140thermal death points: 147

paratyphoid fever: 130pathogenic population: 179

pathogens: 44, 51, 127bacterial: 130survival in soil: 139

death: 144and compost turning: 51safety zone for: 152time/temperature factor: 151

destroying in compost: 44, 51,144

in compost toilets: 144in conventional sewage treat-ment plants: 142, 143

in lagoons: 143, 144in outhouses: 142in septic tanks: 142, 143in soil: 147in urine: 128minimal infective doses: 47,

128persistence of: 136

in sludge, feces/urine: 137in soil: 136, 147on crops: 136in compost: 147

protozoan: 131survival: 147temperature to destroy: 45thermal death points for: 147transmission through varioustoilet systems: 137

virulence: 128viruses: 130survival in soil: 138-139

worms: 132PCBs: 58, 94, 97PCPs: 57

Pennsylvania: 200pestilences: 77Peten Jungle: 204pet manures: 64,petroleum: 57pH: 38, 54, 181

pharmaceutical drugs: 18, 37Philippines: 117Phoenix: 119phytotoxins: 43phytophthora: 60

pinworm: 145-148pit latrines: 85, 142

surviving pathogens: 142plague: 77plants: 60

acquiring resistance todisease: 60

legumes: 75plant pathogens: 60Plymouth Colony: 79pneumonia: 18polioviruses: 137

survival in soil : 139pollution in wet soil: 85in dry soil: 86

ponds, waste stabilization: 143Pope Innocent VIII: 78population increase: 16

pork tapeworm: 132portable toilets: 230Portland, Oregon: 59powdery mildew: 62Practical Self-Sufficiency: 189pressure-treated lumber: 36, 56primal compost: 156proper sanitation: 19protozoa: 44, 131survival time in soil: 138

Protestant: 78psychrophiles: 37Purves, Mr.: 97putrefaction: 90pythium: 60

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rainwater collection: 175rats: 192RDX: 58rectal cancer: 95redworms: 66reed: 213reed bed treatment: 213religion: 72Reotemp: 117respiratory disease: 18retention time: 179Rhizoctonia root rot: 60rivers: 17Rockland County, NY: 59rock reed filter: 213Rodale, J.I.: 27, 54Rodale, Robert: 48

root zone method: 213Rotaviruses: 130roundworm (see Ascaris)Rybczynski: 111


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Sahara Desert: 37Salmonella: 45, 46, 51, 99salmonellosis: 18sand mounds: 87sanitary landfills: 12sanitation: 19, 82, 127

lacking in world: 19defined: 19of compost: 44-46

Santa Monica Bay: 18Satan: 77Sawdust: 35, 36, 104, 178

cover material: 159decomposition rates of: 35from treated lumber: 160, 178hardwood: 35kiln-dried: 36, 178moisture content of: 36sawmill: 159, 178softwood: 35soil acidity and: 178

sawdust toilet: 141, 159, 172,185$25 toilet plans: 162advantages of: 171bins: 172, 173biological sponge: 173camping: 186chlorine and: 161cover material: 172disadvantages of: 172dos and donts: 170frequently asked questions:190-191

misinformation: 185on camping trips: 186photos:163, 164, 167, 168-169reserve capacity: 165rinse water used with: 161

statistics: 161three components of: 172urinal: 164vital statistics: 161with hinged seat: 162, 164with lift-off top: 166-167

Scandinavia: 114S.C.A.T.: 119Scharff, Dr. J. W.: 25schistosome: 132Schenectady: 37seed germination: 40separation of urine from feces:(see urine)

septic: 89septic systems: 87, 88

density per square mile: 90toxic chemicals released: 89

septic tanks: 87, 88cleaners: 90cross section: 88ground water pollution: 89pumping: 205transmission of pathogens


through: 90, 142, 143sewage: 9, 228collected by truck: 228toxins in: 12spills: 17

sewage plant: 91pathogens in: 142

sewage pollution: 12beaches: 17coastal: 17

discharges: 17sewage overflows: 17surface water: 91water supplies: 79

sewage sludge: 19, 91activated: 91agricultural use of: 97, 98amount generated in U.S.:100

bacteria survival in: 137resistance to antibiotics: 99resistance to heavy metalpoisoning: 99

beef tapeworm and: 99brand names: 98burning: 102composted: 100, 232

detoxifying contaminationand: 100

disposal of in forests: 99dumping of: 19fertilizer once sold: 98forest application: 99grazing on pastureland: 99heavy metals in: 97, 98, 100incinerating: 102lime-stabilized: 53lime, effects of: 54microbes in: 91, 98ocean dumping of: 19parasitic worm eggs in: 99

pathogen survival in: 137production in NY: 100toxic pollutants in: 97used motor oil in: 97worm eggs in: 99, 133

sewage treatment water (releas-es to U.S. surface waters): 91

sewers:combined: 91toxic discharges to: 97

Seymour Johnson Air ForceBase: 58

Shang Dynasty: 72Shanghai: 21, 74, 82Shantung: 111sheep liver fluke: 132shigella: 130shigellosis: 18Sides, S.: 28siltation: 20Singapore: 25Sir Albert Howard: see HowardSisters of Humility: 69skin cancers: 5

skin infections: 18sludge: (see sewage sludge)sludge composting: 46, 100

in the United States: 232facilities: 232

soilcontaminated: 58fertility loss: 73fossil fuels and: 73microorganisms in: 44nitrogen: 75pathogen survival in: 136remediation: 58sterile: 60thermophiles in: 37

soilbeds: 212, 220, 221soilboxes: 220, 221Solar Aquatics: 96solid waste discarded: 12Solar Composting Advanced

Toilet: 119solar energy: 28Solar Survival Architecture: 219

solar toilet: 116solid waste: 12source separation: 233South Asia sanitation: 17South Korea: 21soy-based inks: 65Spain: 78sperm counts: 5spirituality: 69spontaneous combustion: 37St. Abraham: 77St. Sylvia: 77Stanley, Dr. Arthur: 82Steiner, Dr. Rudolph: 123Stinger: 59stool analysis: 135, 181stormwater filters: 59, 61stormwater runoff (filtration): 59

straw, decomposition of: 35subsurface flow wetland: 213,diagram: 214-215

summer solstice: 177Sun-Mar: 120Superfund: 5, 58surface flow wetland: 213

diagram: 214Sven Linden: 120swear-words: 122sweating sickness: 77swimming: 17synthetic chemicals: 5Systemic Acquired Resistance:60

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Taiwan: 21, 228Tanzania: 117tao of compost: 155TCE: 57Technisch Bureau Hamar: 120


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