You probably flush a nutrient-rich, renewable fertilizer down the toilet every day: your pee. Human urine can be used as a safe and effective crop fertilizer, researchers said. And studies show using ...

The growing need for food has led to a rising demand for fertilizers—especially nitrogen. But making nitrogen fertilizers uses large amounts of fossil fuels, including natural gas, coal, and oil.

Nearly two dozen cats were removed from squalid conditions in a Pennsylvania home after a neighbor complained to authorities on Facebook. WPXI-TV reported that the animals were removed from a mobile ...

Barnegat school officials said a new social media trend was prompting some students to pee on school property.

In Lissa Schneckenburger's garden in Brattleboro, Vermont, the tomatoes seem happy; so do the bees. And the reason may be because of how she enriches the garden – with her own family's urine. "When we ...

NEW YORK -- The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has released a health advisory after multiple cases of human leptospirosis -- an infection that is associated to exposure to rat urine ...

In urban settings, where soil fertility and water access can be limited, urine has gained quiet traction among permaculturists and eco-conscious gardeners. Once seen as taboo, human urine is quietly ...

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Scientists may have found a new tool for growing crops - and it’s something we flush away every day. The Cool Down reports that scientists have completed a study that shows that human urine, once it ...