add in actual chronic usage of amphetamines and cocaine and you end up with the attention span of a mouse and are less functional after you re-up than you were before you ever started....

the impact is so stark from amphetamines and stimulants it's fascinating that until you clean yourself up...you won't see it

> The spores they inhaled were in fecal matter they had used or planned to use to fertilize homegrown cannabis plants, according to the report.

> One of the men, who was 64 years old and smoked cannabis and tobacco, reported having a severe bat infestation in his attic that left behind a thick layer of guano, which he inspected several times and planned to use as cannabis fertilizer, the researchers wrote.

Insanity!

Unlike the other nasty stuff that’s made up of chemicals!

https://www.supernaturalbrand.com/

I used to work at a hydroshop selling equipment and fertilizers. You wouldn't believe the whacky branding in this market.

It's a furry animal that uses it's own mouth to clean itself afterwards. It's not just in the litter box, I promise you. Meanwhile people have flush toilets that function as a water powered waste dispersion gun so their own waste gets arbitrarily distributed equally well.

But I wouldn’t compare a litter box to the toilet flush. At least the toilet ensures most of the feces (save for the particles you’re talking about) is sent away.

Although I stick to composting food scraps and yard waste, when I read about manure composting basically all guidance said that in order for it to be safe you needed to make sure it went through a hot composting cycle and it was better to let it "cure" for a further two years afterwards. At that point I'd throw in the towel and only use it on things that were not for human consumption, and not even near things that are being grown for human consumption.

One case was third party purchase of bat guano, the other raw sourced from the subjects own attic.

Clearly this could occur anywhere that bats roost and|or bat shit is shovelled out and onsold.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0774236/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_season_2#ep42

Rabies is entirely another matter.

Even then you should wear an decent mask when handling all fertilizers, you don't want to be breathing the dust regardless of whether it's synthetic or organic fertilizer.

For 'moist' heat, temperatures of approximately 121–129 °C with pressure are used, whereas 'dry' heat requires temperatures from 176 to 232 °C for longer duration.

Given that, why would you need 121°C, let alone 232°C to sterilize things like compost?

I know that high temperatures don't destroy all known microbe-created toxins, but then, that's not the definition of sterilization, which is about simply destroying the pathogens themselves.

Cooking reduces pathogens to a “safe” level. Sterilization is meant to overkill and eradicate them.

Microorganisms are more stable than you think. Yes, 75 degree celsius kills some of them, but it is a log function. A few seconds won't help you that much.

And then there are some real bad ones that don't mind being boiled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endospore

And we are not talking yet about extremophile organisms. The endospores will survive boiling water. Extremophiles can grow above 100 degree celsius. Obviously we are talking here deep sea level so that a hot spring can have over 100 degree without going to the gas phase. But these extremophiles are unlikely to be found in your kitchen.

To those who downvoted my honest question about the temperature mechanics of sterilization of chemical substances (food and compost both being examples of such), Thank you for being the kinds of silly, pedantic neckbeards who give this website's comment threats a bad name on other parts of the internet.

Instead, you should keep the fertilizer in a heap under some straw. This lets a mosty-non-pathogenic microflora to get established and eat pathogenic bacteria.

(I just can’t help myself!)

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> Bat Feces Used to Fertilize Cannabis Is Linked to 2 Deaths

From the article:

> The men, who lived in Rochester, N.Y., were not named in the article, published this month in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

> […] “Exposure to bat guano among cannabis growers appears to be a recent trend that can lead to histoplasmosis cases and outbreaks,” the researchers wrote.

The title seems fair and accurate to me. This is a reflection of the findings of the researchers.

Subjectively, the takeaway I got from this was “stay away from bat feces”, not “stay away from cannabis”.

People should use alcohol, tobacco and firearms, like the little baby jesus intended!

Any activity outside of the holy trinity may lead to divine punishment...

Allllriiiighhittty then..