Posted on 01/19/2023 5:01:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Fertiliser made from human faeces and urine is safe to use in agriculture and has "huge potential" to replace 25% of current synthetic products in some countries, according to research.
The findings come as farmers continue to struggle with rising fertiliser costs due to a combination of climate change and the war in Ukraine.
Researchers screened human waste for 310 chemicals - including rubber additives, insect repellents and pharmaceuticals - and only found them in 6.5% of the samples examined, but still at low concentrations.
Scientists said low levels of the painkiller ibuprofen and mood-stabilising drug carbamazepine were found - but added that someone would have to eat more than 500,000 cabbage heads to accumulate a dose equal to one pill.
Author Franziska Hafner, a student at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, said products made from human urine and faeces "are viable and safe nitrogen fertilisers" and "did not show any risk regarding transmission of pathogens or pharmaceuticals".
The peer-reviewed research has been published in the journal Frontiers In Environmental Science and comes amid record-breaking food inflation, with many shoppers struggling with supermarket bills.
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No it’s not.
Bull hockey
They’re trying to clean up the streets of Frisco aren’t they
How can I trust what these people say when they can’t even spell ‘fertilizer’ correctly? SMH...
So now I can s&*t in my back yard and just say I’m fertilizing the lawn.
Safe and Effective?
FDA approved?
This is how pathogens are passed on to others, including worms.
Basic sanitation standards say to not use human waste for food fertilizer.
Well, I’m sure that Louis Pasteur never considered the possibility but pasteurization of crap will exterminate the disease bacteria. Ditto urine
The question then becomes is the gathering and processing and application economically competitive with orther fertilizers
So I guess, technically speaking, the phrase “eat $#!T and die” isn’t really true afterall. Learn something new every day.
I have no idea of the validity of this article, I will say if it’s safe to use chicken, cow and other animal manure in fertilizers why wouldn’t it be safe to use human excrement ??
4/14/22
ARUNDEL, Maine — A toxic disaster centered on wastewater sludge, tainted with industrial compounds known as PFAS chemicals, is unfolding across Maine.
This sludge was marketed by the state government and was hauled to farms and used as free fertilizer for decades.
Over the years, the chemicals in the sludge leached into the groundwater, poisoning it and hundreds of drinking water wells.
Milorganite made from human feces has been around a long time.
It’s sold by Lowes, Home Depot and many other stores. It makes a good lawn fertilizer.
The “new science”.
“Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? I do it because it’s sterile and I like the taste.”
“Patches” O’Houlihan
Properly treated it is safe. The Inca used it for thousands of years with great success. They were histories absolute best at sustainable agriculture.
“Say scientists”
Idiots mass Cholera explosion .
Arrest them for peddling such insanity .
Holy crap what a sh!tty thread. It stinks.
“I’m sure that Louis Pasteur never considered the possibility but pasteurization of crap will exterminate the disease bacteria. Ditto urine”
I agree. Even we can’t survive 165 degrees.
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