I hope this story doesn’t offend anyone here. Seems there’s a lot of sensitive users here as my posts keep being removed. I thought this was newsworthy and thought I’d share.
Two men from New York died from pneumonia they contracted from bat feces — after they used the excrement as fertilizer to grow marijuana.
The unidentified men from Rochester, ages 64 and 59, smoked pot that had been tainted with a fungus found in the bat droppings, known as guano, that caused fatal lung infections.
Their deaths were not connected to each other, which the researchers said highlights a growing trend of using bat waste to produce marijuana.
The 59-year-old man had purchased the bat guano — described as a “natural superfood” for cannabis plants due to its high nutrients — from an online store.
The 64-year-old had harvested a thick layer of guano in his attic, where he had a heavy bat infestation, to fertilize his plants.
The guano contained a potentially deadly fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum, which is native to the eastern half of the US and is typically transmitted by breathing in the fungal spores — although it can also be ingested through the mouth.
Read more here: Two NY men die after using bat poop — described as 'natural superfood' for weed — to grow pot: study
