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**Medium of Death**

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/03/24/stinking-rich-scientists-find-gold-in-human-solid-waste/

STINKING RICH: SCIENTISTS FIND GOLD IN HUMAN SOLID WASTE

Toxic human waste could provide a new source of recoverable gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to US scientists. Researchers discovered microscopic nuggets of gold, silver and platinum after examining human solid waste using an electron scanner at American sewage plants.

If the findings – and anticipated commercial refinement process – are realised, the waste products from just one million Americans could be worth as much as US$13 million, a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology has revealed.

According to the BBC, the results were made public at the 249th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Denver, CO.

“The gold we found was at the level of a minimal mineral deposit,” lead scientist Dr Kathleen Smith said.

Gold was not the only precious metal found. The researchers also found traces of rare earth metals palladium and vanadium, used in mobile phone and laptop technology.

“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,” Dr Smith told the audience.

The team estimates that seven million tonnes of bio-solid waste comes out of US waste water facilities each year. About half of that is used as commercial fertiliser on farms, fields and in forests. The other half is incinerated or sent to landfills.

The scientists are experimenting with some of the same chemicals, called leachates, which industrial mining operations use to pull metals out of rock.

While some of these leachates have a bad reputation for damaging ecosystems when they leak or spill into the environment, according to Smith a controlled setting could safely be used to recover metals in treated solid waste.

In a two-pronged investigation, scientists are examining removing the useful minerals for profit and those harmful minerals that prevent the waste being reused.

“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,” Dr Smith said.

In a previous study, another team of scientists calculated that the waste from one million Americans could contain as much as $13m (£8.6m) worth of metals.

Paid to poo just took on a whole new meaning.

What a time to be alive.

**Tannhauser42**

Kind of gives a while new meaning to "dropping a few nuggets.

**sirlynchmob**

Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

**Desubot**

Tannhauser42 wrote:
Kind of gives a while new meaning to "dropping a few nuggets.

Quite a Solid source of income

**Pete Melvin**

sirlynchmob wrote:
Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

In shampoos and face washes etc mostly. Youd be surprised what products contain trace amounts of silver for example. Some is naturally occurring.

Edit: i should qualify that by saying thats how it gets into the waste system, not our food as such though im sure we do accidentally ingest some. Its just more sensational to say it comes from faeces. Where theres muck theres brass etc

**Desubot**

Pete Melvin wrote:
sirlynchmob wrote:
Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

In shampoos and face washes etc mostly. Youd be surprised what products contain trace amounts of silver for example. Some is naturally occurring.

I honestly cant expect gold however. what could you be consuming that contains gold?

**Pete Melvin**

Desubot wrote:
Pete Melvin wrote:
sirlynchmob wrote:
Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

In shampoos and face washes etc mostly. Youd be surprised what products contain trace amounts of silver for example. Some is naturally occurring.

I honestly cant expect gold however. what could you be consuming that contains gold?

why not? Theres something like 1mg of gold per tonne of seawater, i wouldnt be surprised if there was some naturally occurring amount of gold in fresh water. Not to mention that the human body contains trace amounts of gold anyway.

**Tannhauser42**

Desubot wrote:
Tannhauser42 wrote:
Kind of gives a while new meaning to "dropping a few nuggets.

Quite a Solid source of income

Depending on what I eat, my assets can be quite liquid.

**KingCracker**

Desubot wrote:
Pete Melvin wrote:
sirlynchmob wrote:
Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

In shampoos and face washes etc mostly. Youd be surprised what products contain trace amounts of silver for example. Some is naturally occurring.

I honestly cant expect gold however. what could you be consuming that contains gold?

Golden showers?!? Cmon, some weirdos love that fetish

**daedalus**

Desubot wrote:
Tannhauser42 wrote:
Kind of gives a while new meaning to "dropping a few nuggets.

Quite a Solid source of income

These jokes are crap.

**Jihadin**

daedalus wrote:
Desubot wrote:
Tannhauser42 wrote:
Kind of gives a while new meaning to "dropping a few nuggets.

Quite a Solid source of income

These jokes are crap.

and does not smell like roses

Though I see another reality Gold Rush show............centered around waste reclaimation

**Cheesecat**

KingCracker wrote:
Desubot wrote:
Pete Melvin wrote:
sirlynchmob wrote:
Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

In shampoos and face washes etc mostly. Youd be surprised what products contain trace amounts of silver for example. Some is naturally occurring.

I honestly cant expect gold however. what could you be consuming that contains gold?

Golden showers?!? Cmon, some weirdos love that fetish

I can see the appeal of it honestly.

**koooaei**

Stop flushing @ Become reach

**timetowaste85**

Don't expect me to give a crap. I'm keeping it for myself!!

**KingCracker**

Cheesecat wrote:
KingCracker wrote:
Desubot wrote:
Pete Melvin wrote:
sirlynchmob wrote:
Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

In shampoos and face washes etc mostly. Youd be surprised what products contain trace amounts of silver for example. Some is naturally occurring.

I honestly cant expect gold however. what could you be consuming that contains gold?

Golden showers?!? Cmon, some weirdos love that fetish

I can see the appeal of it honestly.

You can see why people like being pissed on? That's..... weird

**Cheesecat**

Easily the vileness, humiliation, the grossness, etc of it makes it sexy.

**Buttery Commissar**

Plus, cost of heating bills has gone up, gotta stay warm somehow.

**Bishop F Gantry**

Cheesecat wrote:
Easily the vileness, humiliation, the grossness, etc of it makes it sexy.

Do you want to know how I got these engagement rings?

**master of ordinance**

Bishop F Gantry wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:
Easily the vileness, humiliation, the grossness, etc of it makes it sexy.

Do you want to know how I got these engagement rings?

**nobody**

Desubot wrote:
Pete Melvin wrote:
sirlynchmob wrote:
Shouldn't the real question be, how are these metals getting into our food?

In shampoos and face washes etc mostly. Youd be surprised what products contain trace amounts of silver for example. Some is naturally occurring.

I honestly cant expect gold however. what could you be consuming that contains gold?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldschläger

http://www.amazon.com/Edible-Gold-25-3-3-square-sheets/dp/B0006GSQYK

Are a few examples.