"They do WHAT?!" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10210550%5E29677,00.html Dried rations can use dirty water, urine From AFP July 22, 2004 US food technologists have invented dried rations that a soldier can rehydrate by using dirty water or even his own urine, the British weekly New Scientist reports. The ration is surrounded by a plastic membrane made of a nanofibre that, according to its inventors, can filter out 99.9 per cent of microbes and the most harmful toxic compounds, allowing only clean water to get to the preserved food. So far, only one prototype - chicken and rice - has been tested, but the menu will be expanded to incorporate other down-home favourites if the concept proves popular. The inventors are the Combat Feeding Directorate, part of the US Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts. Two years ago, their men and women came up with an "indestructible sandwich" that could stay fresh for three years. The goal behind the latest gastronomic breakthrough is to reduce the amount of water that soldiers have to carry around with them, both within the food and for cooking it. One day's food supply of three meals weights 3.5kg per person, but that can be reduced to a mere 400g with the dehydrated pouches. New Scientist, which reports on the invention in next Saturday's issue, quotes experts as saying that rehydrating the food with urine should only be a last resort because the membrane is too coarse to filter out the chemical urea. In the short term, the body will not find this toxic, but it could inflict kidney damage in the long term. AFP
Sounds pretty cool, I wouldn't mind pissing on my food (if it had that plastic membrane) if it was the only thing to eat. All that seems to pass through is the water in the urine.
Is the kidney damage due to peeing on it (or pouring dirty water on it), or is it the actual food itself that's causing kidney problems. And what kind of kidney problems are we talking about here? Kidney stones, I could possibly deal with, kidney failure, no dice.
the thought of peeing on something, then eating it, sounds sick, but I guess if your that hungry, anything goes...
You say that now, but if you're on the verge of death, you'd be willing to lick a monkey's ass clean to live.
if a frat makes you drink your own piss, why the hell would you want to join one? i guess some people are that desperate to make friends. this is not really directed at you BK. just making a general inquiry. sorry to hijack the thread.
