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Best practices for dealing with human waste in the great outdoors

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76 points rntn | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.26s | source
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amarant ◴[31 Aug 25 20:39 UTC] No.45086858[source]▶
Why is human fecal matter worse for the environment than animal fecal matter?

Something in our diets?

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thefz ◴[01 Sep 25 08:33 UTC] No.45090752[source]▶
You can be infected by what infected another human. Cross species contamination is less likely.
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1. Ekaros ◴[01 Sep 25 13:33 UTC] No.45092592[source]▶
Also what is left is what survives our digestive system. Or is adapted in it, but can thrive in wrong part.