Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research
by xfactor973 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:18PM
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So after reading the NIH study it looks like the compost toilets they tested were the desiccation kind. I don't really think those should be called compost toilets at all. There's some link somewhere that I can't remember off the top of my head ( maybe it's in the humaure handbook) where Jenkins talks about having his compost sent to a local lab to be tested for harmful bacteria for like a decade or something and it always came back fine.
Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research
by smileypete on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @02:43PM
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'The Loveable Loo is an eco-toilet that requires no water, plumbing, pipes, vents, drains, electricity, or urine separation. It's a toilet that makes gardens. It's designed to collect toilet material for composting in a separate location.'
Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research
by xfactor973 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @02:47PM
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That's interesting. I'll have to go through the NIH study in more detail. Thanks for linking that.
Jenkins study, on the other hand, does not even attempt to measure the bacterial levels of his toilets - he simply claims thermophilic composting of human waste creates safe humus. The NIH study shows that thermophilic composting is not the mechanism that breaks down bacteria in these toilets; bacterial load is lowered through desiccation, drying out.
So - Jenkins does not understand how the composting works in his own product, he has not actually tested the bacterial load, and he is financially benefiting from people thinking his product is safe.
You're welcome to think the NIH study is falsified; but I would bet my money on Jenkins being wrong here.
Here's his study on the safety of his product: https://humanurehandbook.com/downloads/humanure_sanitation_p...