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South Koreans used human shit as fertilizer until the 1990s, at least
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 05/07/25 |
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 05/07/25 |
| Pope Leo XXX | 05/07/25 |
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Date: May 7th, 2025 1:39 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Not sure if any recent studies have been done.
"The school campaigns continued until the 1990s, but the main focus – a reduction in the baseline rate of parasite infection – began to show signs of impact almost immediately. In 1969, the rate of infection was enormously high, and for a diversity of parasites. These figures dropped rapidly, reaching single digits, in some cases, by the early 1990s.
But this “success” story was not without its tensions. Students from rural communities affected by parasites sought to evade the scrutiny of the state, often out of shame and embarrassment. In some cases, students skipped school on sample day, or substituted their pet’s sample to avoid personal scrutiny." |
Date: May 7th, 2025 1:40 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK South Korea was primarily an agricultural nation following its independence in 1948, yet lacked access to chemical fertiliser. This meant that the fields producing its food supply were typically covered with “night soil”, human excrement collected for this purpose. Even after washing, consumables produced in these fields therefore contained a diversity of parasites. South Koreans therefore consumed and reintroduced these parasites into their bodies in a cyclical fashion in the course of eating.
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-story/taking-poo-samples-school-was-essential-part-south-koreas-modernization |
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Date: May 7th, 2025 1:48 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX *BANGARANG says nyuug as he shits into a field” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5721387&forum_id=2Elisa#48910153) |