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Unread 02-06-2009, 12:52 AM
Julie Steiner Julie Steiner is offline
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Another cheery thought before I skip off to bed...

Lime is the stuff shoveled into mass graves, and also contained inside a sarcophagus (hence the "flesh-eating" etymology, and some sarcophagi were actually carved of limestone)...presumably because lime would hasten the decomposition process and reduce the danger of disease, odors, etc.

I doubt that gypsum would have the desired effect.
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