This smelly side hustle literally turns crap into gold.
The site explains: “It is a major problem that the vast majority of people in modern society are in poor health and have damaged gut microbiome.” To help maintain people’s fecal-librium, Human Microbes is trying to find “people who are healthy enough to be high-quality stool donors, and connect them with doctors, researchers, clinical trials and individuals who need to re-balance their gut microbiome.
“It is a major problem that the vast majority of people in modern society are in poor health and have damaged gut microbiomes,” Human Microbes writes, describing why they need people’s poop.If approved, the stool donor is finally ready to poop for pay. The actual collection process involves storing one’s dung in a plastic bag and then shipping it to Human Microbes or a recipient on dry ice — the costs of which are prepaid for, per the site.
But don’t be lured by the idea of a gastrointestinal gold rush just yet: Becoming a dung donator involves more than the ability to go No. 2.According to Human Microbes, prospective poop donors must be in the “tiny 0.1% of people who are still healthy enough to qualify as a high-quality stool donor,” per the site. This means being in “exceptional physical and mental health” — top athletes are best — and under 30, although there is no minimum age requirement.
The requirements may seem stringent, however, Human Microbes says selectiveness is essential given deteriorating health levels nationwide. “Chronic disease and general poor health have been drastically increasing over the past decades to the point where the vast majority of the population is now extremely unhealthy,” they write. “It goes well beyond a single generation being a little overweight due to eating too much.