A team of medical professionals and infectious disease researchers at the University of Rochester, in New York, has found ...

Two New York men died recently after using bat poop as fertilizer to grow cannabis. Live Science reported that the 59 and ...

The two Rochester men experienced weight loss and difficulty breathing before going to the hospital, doctors said.

Two men from Rochester, NY died from a fungal lung infection linked to using bat guano as fertilizer for growing cannabis.

"Numerous media articles promote bat guano as a 'natural superfood' for cannabis plants due to its richness in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and organic compounds," they wrote. The doctors said ...

According to Cannabis Business Times, bat guano is a popular ingredient for many cannabis growers, due to its high proportion of the active ingredients nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.

but that bat guano’s increasing popularity as a fertilizer could lead to a surge in cases among people who do not handle it properly. The substance has high levels of nitrogen, phosphate and ...

According to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Disease, the Rochester residents died from pneumonia after the bat waste, known as guano, released a harmful fungus called Histoplasma ...