“Here is a group for using urine as therapy for maintenance of our body. Join us!” So begins the introduction to a Facebook group, originated in 2011, that encourages individuals to drink and bathe in ...

Urine is one of the freely available substances on the planet. Everyone generates some amount of urine over the course of the day. Because of its abundance, plenty of folk remedies have involved urine ...

Chelsea Wald is a freelance reporter in The Hague, the Netherlands, and the author of Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet. On Gotland, the largest island in Sweden, fresh ...

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