Before and beyond the time Judas betrayed Jesus for sliver, we humans have had an avid obsession for shiny things; gold, silver; rainbows, sunrays etc. Diamonds have been known to drive Hollywood stars bunkers and stardom hosts some of the most nasty competitions among celebs as to who can bear the heaviest stones on their fingers…a bit ironic for social icons who either don’t get married; or marry to get divorced.
Gold is found in deep and dangerous sites in the earth. But people could care less considering the beauty and worth of the yellow stone in the global market. This standpoint is what fueled years of exploitation of the poor and made robber barons from the likes of Carnegie and Rockefeller.
Recently, scientists have left a gaping hole in our reasoning with a new discovery. Possibly, the most unlikely place to ever find gold…wait for it… your own guts. As said by a team of researchers from the American Chemical Society, our feces can be a good source of gold, along with other equally hunted metals such as copper and vanadium used in most electronic appliances.
Absurd? Yes but not untrue. It has been calculated that the waste material from one million Americans could contain as much as $13 million worth of metals. Apparently the body naturally comes with traces of gold which serve important anatomical functions.
Japan has been benefiting immensely from sewage mining since 2009. A sewage treatment facility in central Japan recorded a higher gold yield than the Hishikari mine, which is one of the world’s top gold mines.
But here’s the thing with these crazy scientists; they never tell you how to mine the damn thing!