Dyeing
Fulling (thats why real tweeds smell like they do when new)
As a bleaching agent (when stale)
Processed into Nitre/Saltpetre (fertiliser, preservative, blackpowder.... to name but a few)
And many others
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TopSod wrote:So back to the original question, if absolutely no other water was available are we saying it's a resounding no to drinking urine?
Correct, medically speaking it dehydrates you more than rehydrating due to the heavy presence of unprocessed sodium.
Just for the sake of covering all bases, most water filters (like LifeStraw etc) won't filter the salt out either as it's dissolved.
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TopSod wrote:So back to the original question, if absolutely no other water was available are we saying it's a resounding no to drinking urine?
Correct, medically speaking it dehydrates you more than rehydrating due to the heavy presence of unprocessed sodium.
Just for the sake of covering all bases, most water filters (like LifeStraw etc) won't filter the salt out either as it's dissolved.
Time to get a stove top distiller then
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I read some where that Gandhi and the actress Sarah Miles drank there own urine daily. Not for me thank you.
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that's the most disgusting thing I've heard in a while... I am so pleased I don't eat fish, seafood or pickled cabbage 
