Would you drink this beer brewed from human waste?

Would you drink this beer brewed from human waste?


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Soon there could be a beer in the market brewed from human sewage. London-based sewage treatment firm Clean Water Services have come up with a plan to treat waste matter before handing it


over to microbrewers, who will turn it into beer, the Mirror reported. The regulators have given a green light to the beverage after they were persuaded it wouldn't make people sick,


and now up to 10 trial barrels of the frothy brew will be made in Oregon. Robert Baumgartner, an assistant director at Clean Water Services, said that it was designed to "raise


awareness of the reusable nature of all water." The report added, "Although this water is typically of lower quality, used water has resource value and can often be safely reused


without adverse affects to public health." It also has a history, as Soho doctor John Snow found that beer actually helped brewery workers escape the 1854 outbreak of cholera in central


London, as the fermentation process killed the bacteria. However, people have raised questions, calling it a bad idea, saying that fresh water was probably healthier as the peroxide added


to the potable reuse water would make people sick.