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on Feb 3, 2023
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The fertilizer shortage will persist in 2023
"The use of untreated human feces in agriculture poses significant health risks and has contributed to widespread infection with parasitic worms—a disease called helminthiasis, affecting over 1.5 billion people in developing countries."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_feces
another_story
on Feb 3, 2023
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It's the same for using animal feces. There are ways to mitigate risk.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.7b02811
eru
on Feb 9, 2023
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Yes, exactly. Who said anything about using human poop untreated?
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