Gee Whiz: Human Urine Is Shown to Be an Effective Agricultural Fertilizer

Friday, July 23, 2010 - 09:21 in Earth & Climate

The beets Surendra Pradhan and Helvi Heinonen-Tanski grew were perfectly lovely: round and hefty; with their skin a rich burgundy; their flavor sweet and faintly earthy, like the dirt from which they came. Unless someone told you, you'd never know the beets were fertilized with human urine. [More] Urine - Shopping - Pets - Supplies - Cleaning

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