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I don't think this last conclusion is true. It's really about harmful bacteria, not "toxins". Even vegetarians have a complex digestive system that can harbour

I don't think this last conclusion is true. It's really about harmful bacteria, not "toxins". Even vegetarians have a complex digestive system that can harbour pathogens. Perhaps their faeces are safer to use as manure than those from a meat-eating human, but much closer to that than to a cow.

SR2Z 1y ago
I have heard that it's unusually nutrient rich - maybe not toxins, but human shit definitely causes algal blooms.
- leksak 1y ago
  And human urine
- raxxorraxor 1y ago
  Wouldn't be the first time humans tried to use human manure as fertilizer. It always ended quite shitty (for humans).
- IAmBroom 1y ago
  Dumping ANY manure into a body of water causes algal blooms. Fecal matter concentrates nutrients. This has happened with modern megafarms, when flooding overflows their manure pits.