Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure

In this book, microbiologist and science journalist Bryn Nelson explores the teeming microbiome of human feces. For most of human history, we’ve been disinclined to examine our body’s natural product.

This book is an urgent exploration of the world’s squandered natural resource and a call to action for the hidden value in our “waste.” The author leads readers through the colon and beyond with infectious enthusiasm, helping us shift our balance with the planet and save ourselves. Unlocking poop’s potential requires overcoming shame and disgust to embrace a circular economy where lowly byproducts become our salvation. Inside you is a medicine cabinet, a biogas pipeline, a glass of drinking water, a mound of fuel briquettes; it’s time to open the doors (carefully!). Sometimes hope arrives in surprising packages.

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