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blue-wave

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4. How does China

Reply to at140 (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:48 AM

12 hrs ago

filter out all the drugs, illegal and prescription in the poop? How about diseases that humans carry? There have been instances of hepatitis outbreaks because of field workers peeing on the lettuce (Way out in the field, there are no bathrooms).

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