Lelandite wrote:
If it's ecoli you're looking for, you'll get that aplenty by using
human urine as a fertilizer. Plus a few other fun things that
will make you run to the doctor.

It may work in helping plants grow, and if you're not going to
eat any of the product....go for it.

But to eat? nononononono

Donna
in WA


This is misleading. You are confusing using urine with the problems of
using faeces as a manure. Unless properly treated the latter is a fine
source of E Coli and a few more besides and a substantial risk to health.

As it passes out of the body (unless you have a urinary tract infection)
urine is sterile. It might possibly pick up some bugs from your skin or the
outermost reaches of the urethra but the count would be low and you are
living with all that flora on you anyway. Your whole body, especially
between knees and waist, is covered with such. If urine is then promptly
applied to your soil the risk is minuscule, no more than background from
working in the garden environment.

David