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Human manure or ‘nightsoil’ makes great crop fertiliser – but attitudes to poo-grown produce differ drastically (theconversation.com)
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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was pretty sure dusease concerns were the primary reason for not using human waste. Was hoping the article addressed that, but it did not.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only thing I've ever heard about it is that you'd have to wash all produce you bought and my exact response has always been "Are you people not washing your produce after purchase!?"

Edit: Also a lot of y'all seem to think we'd be throwing raw untreated human waste directly into the fields. We don't even do that with animal fertilizer. It's treated waste that removes a lot of the toxins that would cause us to get sick (again only if you're not washing your produce which you should always do regardless)