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Two men from New York died from pneumonia they contracted from bat feces — after they used the excrement as fertilizer to grow marijuana, a new study found. The unidentified men from Rochester, ages ...

The men, aged 59 and 64, had symptoms including chronic cough, fever, blood poisoning and respiratory failure Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Gray News) - Two men from New York have died after using bat feces as a fertilizer to grow cannabis. According to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Disease, the Rochester ...

Doctors have reported two rare and fatal cases of histoplasmosis, a fungal disease linked to bat guano used as fertilizer for locally grown cannabis. Reading time 3 minutes Homegrown weed lovers ...

Bat poop—yes, bat poop—is far more fascinating than you might think. You probably don’t give it much thought (unless it’s in your attic), but believe it or not, bat droppings have shaped history, ...

Two New York marijuana growers died after becoming infected with a fungus commonly found in bat poop, doctors said. Crystalweed Cannabis via Unsplash Two marijuana growers in Rochester, New York, died ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WKRC) - Two men died after using bat poop as a fertilizer for growing cannabis, according to Live Science and a journal article published in Oxford Academic. The men from Rochester, ...

Two men from New York have died after using bat poop as a fertilizer to grow cannabis. According to Live Science, the Rochester residents died from pneumonia after the bat poop — also known as guano — ...