sf > wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:39:18 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>>sf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:34:39 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's interesting, because I have long wondered about the ink.
>>>
>>> Old fashioned newspaper ink made the news papers good for mulch
>>> because of the zink in the ink. Humans need zink too.
>>>
>>Uh, I'll pass on that source, if it is one.
>
> Suit/Suite yourself - or Google "do humans need zinc" or a variation
> of that phrase.

Yeah - I'm sure they use food-grade zinc for printing newspapers.
Not to mention all those other beneficial minerals from the
recycling process.

-sw