Human feces Contain gold worth millions.

[P3ĮÑ]

Washington (AFP) - Human feces contains gold and other precious metals that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, experts say.

Now the trick is how to retrieve them -- a potential windfall that could also help save the planet.

"The gold we found was at the level of a minimal mineral deposit," said Kathleen Smith, of the US Geological Survey, after her team discovered metals such as platinum, silver and gold in treated waste.

A recent study by another group of experts in the field found that waste from one million Americans could contain as much as $13 million worth of metals.

Finding a way to extract the metals could help the environment by cutting down on the need for mining and reducing unwanted release of metals into the environment.

"If you can get rid of some of the nuisance metals that currently limit how much of these biosolids we can use on fields and forests, and at the same time recover valuable metals and other elements, that's a win-win," said Smith.

"There are metals everywhere -- in your hair care products, detergents, even nanoparticles that are put in socks to prevent bad odors."

More than seven million tons of biosolids come out of US wastewater facilities each year: about half is used as fertilizer on fields and in forests and the other half is incinerated or sent to landfills.

Smith and her team are on a mission to find out exactly what is in our waste.

"We have a two-pronged approach," said Smith. "In one part of the study, we are looking at removing some regulated metals from the biosolids that limit their use for land application.

"In the other part of the project, we're interested in collecting valuable metals that could be sold, including some of the more technologically important metals, such as vanadium and copper that are in cell phones, computers and alloys."

The findings were presented at the 249th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, taking place in Denver through Thursday.

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Well ladies and gentleman, the next time you need to take a crap, make sure to do it on the jewelry store counter.

 

[Power Bottom]

Ewwww Thats just gross.

Digging through poop for a quick buck. Smh °~°

 

[SilverfoxUchiha]

The whole dig must stink.

One million Americans shite? ??????

 

[-Jiraiya-]

Now they are going literally mine it up our as$e$..

 

[Your Creepy Stalker]

Can't wait to see the look on my Fiance's face when she realised the ring is made of Sh*t.

If only she existed

 

[Ōkami]

That's some shitty gold.

 

[Funky Tiger]

now i can say women loaded with jewelry are full of shit?

 

[Gerkak]

Wow, you learn something new everyday

 

[Shunsin no Shisui]

*sighs* This is why ladies and gentlemen, our World is fu(c)ked..... cause of retarded Americans like these that have had too much waste gases up their nostrils. The funny thing though, all of this started out when some lunatic dropped half their jewellery down the drain. Lol This article is full of crap xd

 

[P3ĮÑ]

now i can say women loaded with jewelry are full of shit?

Exactly.

 

[-immortal-]

well we could say that it's some shitty gol...

Giggle giggla goo jokes alteady been made.​

 

[yinyang180]

reminds me of a ben 10 episode.. huh

 

[Waindo]

Hahahah, man...this thread is gold....

 

[fiend]

MFW reading this thread

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[Corgi]

now i can say women loaded with jewelry are full of shit?

Wrong. There's gold in shit, not shit in gold. You've got it backwards, my boy.

*sighs* This is why ladies and gentlemen, our World is fu(c)ked..... cause of retarded Americans like these that have had too much waste gases up their nostrils. The funny thing though, all of this started out when some lunatic dropped half their jewellery down the drain. Lol This article is full of crap xd

Are you half retarded yourself? Do you even know what you just said?

You're calling this world messed up because of people who do research?

Off yourself. And make it bloody.

 

[Aømine]

Wrong. There's gold in shit, not shit in gold. You've got it backwards, my boy.


Are you half retarded yourself? Do you even know what you just said?

You're calling this world messed up because of people who do research?

Off yourself. And make it bloody.

calm down and eat a bowl of shit.

 

[NaNaNaaaaa]

Let me tell you something, Jack. If shit was worth something, poor people would be born with no *******.

Looks like we are able to test this theory now XD

 

[Funky Tiger]

Wrong. There's gold in shit, not shit in gold. You've got it backwards, my boy.

losah you own a lot of jewelry don't you

 

[BazzBee]

So full of shit

 

[Kirokill]

Now they are going literally mine it up our as$e$..

They've already been doing that.