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Confirmed: Urine is not sterile
LiveScience via FoxNews ^ | 5-23-2014 | Stephanie Pappas

Posted on 05/26/2014 5:21:53 AM PDT by equalator

The popular notion that urine is sterile is a myth, new research finds.

Yes, the myth that comes up every time someone pees in a pool (or drinking water reservoir) is actually false. In fact, bacteria do live in urine, Loyola University researchers reported this week at the general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston. "We need to reassess everything we think we know about urine," study researcher Evann Hilt, a graduate student at Loyola, told Live Science.

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To: equalator

Hand me the eye bleach please, extra strength!


41 posted on 05/26/2014 8:07:37 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: equalator

Don’t eat yellow snow.


42 posted on 05/26/2014 8:13:48 AM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: equalator
"But I still like the taste..."


43 posted on 05/26/2014 9:09:19 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Yardstick

My dad once confided to me “an old farmers trick”, namely to pee on your hands to alleviate blistering. I’m sure it works great.


44 posted on 05/26/2014 9:18:33 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: equalator
I remember being taught it was sterile in 7th or 8th grade. I remember it because I asked my teacher if it could be used to sterilize a knife or a needle in an emergency. The teacher practically yelled at me, "I said it was sterile, not that it could sterilize!"

I think I was only expressing optimism.

45 posted on 05/26/2014 9:41:42 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: jurroppi1; All

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Confirmed: Urine is not sterile, jurroppi1 wrote:
When visiting Wisconsin Dells about 8 years ago, I saw a sign hanging above each urinal in the men’s bathroom.

Paraphrasing, it said: Wash your hands after you finish. It went on to say that while urine is sterile, it is the bacteria that live on the genitalia that are potentially harmful. It stated that urine was sometimes used in field surgery when water wasn’t available to clean wounds.

All of this was admonished and endorsed by a military person of significant rank, though I don’t remember whom or what rank now.

During the “Battle of the Bulge” urine was somehow recycled from patients urine who were recieving Penicilin and sulfa drugs.Apparently the process saved many lives by reducing infections that is perhaps the origination of that statement.


46 posted on 05/26/2014 9:54:03 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: Gamecock
NO PEEING IN THE SHOWER!

Too late!!! *grins* (ducks!)

47 posted on 05/26/2014 9:55:23 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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To: dr_lew

It can be soothing for itching due to insect bites and stuff. As I understand, it’s a remedy for jellyfish stings, though I have no personal experience with that.
Internal use—not for me, or most Americans I suspect. But I understand its a popular practice in some Asian countries.

There was a lot of discussion(rather more than I would have liked) of urine drinking in the memoir Yoga Bitch. I forget the authors name offhand.


48 posted on 05/26/2014 11:11:03 AM PDT by crazycatlady
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To: equalator
This the one of the issues that led to the split of Cody Lundin and Joe Teti on Dual Survivor. They had a big argument about drinking urine in a survival situation. Cody insisted that he wouldn't do it because urine is not sterile and that Joe was crazy for doing so.
49 posted on 05/26/2014 11:13:53 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: struggle

I think they are just pissing away our money.


50 posted on 05/26/2014 11:15:18 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: equalator

See the little clearing in the upper left of the picture?

You can just make out Chuck Norris, wearing a "Knock ME Out Game" t-shirt.

51 posted on 05/26/2014 11:17:24 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: spetznaz; equalator; sakic

Yeah, but my only question is...

Is he washing his hands or brushing his teeth with it ?


52 posted on 05/26/2014 11:21:09 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

You’ve got to wonder why they’d spend all than money analysing urine if it was bacteria free.


53 posted on 05/26/2014 11:54:43 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: mosesdapoet

Interesting information, thanks for sharing.


54 posted on 05/26/2014 11:59:21 AM PDT by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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To: CommerceComet

It wasn’t sterility that Cody had an issue with it was the fact that the urine has high levels of nitrogen and other toxins that will cause you to dehydrate faster than if you drink nothing. He is right.


55 posted on 05/26/2014 1:31:24 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: equalator
Oh, no. So I guess we can't blame camel urine for MERS any more?

Back to the drawing board...

56 posted on 05/26/2014 1:56:19 PM PDT by Gritty (Climate hysterics shriek on. Loud and apocalyptic is the only setting on the machine.-Mark Steyn)
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To: All

Suzanne Morrison is the author of Yoga Bitch.

Yes, I think it’s important to remember that if the body is getting rid of something, it’s doing so for a reason.


57 posted on 05/26/2014 5:05:19 PM PDT by crazycatlady
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