• activ8r
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    4 days ago

    Someone told me urine was sterile once… Probably true.

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      4 days ago

      It’s quite low in bacteria when fresh, so in situations clean water is unavailable fresh urine can substitute in a pinch. But it’s not fully sterile, and given even a couple of hours outside the body it grows significant colonies.