According to experts, human faeces contains gold and other precious metals that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
A study found that waste from one million Americans could contain as much as $13 million worth of metals.
Kathleen Smith, of the US Geological Survey, stated,
The gold we found was at the level of a minimal mineral deposit
, after her team discovered metals such as platinum, silver, and gold in treated waste.
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The discovery of these metals in human faeces presents a potential windfall, but also poses the challenge of retrieval, which could ultimately contribute to saving the planet.
The recovered account cited reporting by Nairobi News.
