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Thunder_Mountai
Explorer II
Mar 01, 2015

So, just how "hazardous" can a tank full of poo be?

I saw a guy dumping his tanks at the dump station not long ago. Would have thought he was handling a major biohazard. First, he puts on one of those disposable white environmental suits. Then comes sh...
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myredracer
Explorer II
Mar 02, 2015
The guy may be more likely to be exposed to bacteria and fecal matter by simply flushing his toilet.

NSF says "Flushing of the toilet causes aerosols, containing fecal bacteria, to land on items near the toilet (snip)"

Mythbusters tested this and found fecal matter on toothbrushes including ones that have never even seen the inside of a bathroom.

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