The unidentified men from Rochester, ages 64 and 59, smoked pot that had been tainted with a fungus found in the bat droppings, known as guano, that caused fatal lung infections, according to a ...

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

Bat guano could expose people, especially local cannabis growers, to Histoplasma fungus, doctors warn in a new case report. © milehightraveler via Getty Homegrown ...

The men, based in Rochester, New York, died after contracting a rare fungal infection in their lungs from the bat guano they were intending to use as a fertilizer to grow marijuana, according to a ...

By Shayla Colon Two men died after they contracted a rare fungal infection from exposure to bat feces, also known as guano, that they were using to grow cannabis plants, according to a report ...

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 ...

They each developed a condition called histoplasmosis after breathing in spores of a harmful fungus known as Histoplasma capsulatum from bat poop, or guano. The first man, who was 59-years-old ...

It was not immediately clear when they died. “Exposure to bat guano among cannabis growers appears to be a recent trend that can lead to histoplasmosis cases and outbreaks,” University of ...