(DailyAnswer.org) – It’s a tough economy out there, and who’s not looking for a good side hustle? We’re going to tell you today about a gig that’s unbelievable in a lot of ways but is totally legitimate. Some people make so much money that it ends up a solid six-figure income.
What’s this magic gig? Selling your poop. No, seriously, there is a huge market for human feces for both research and therapeutic purposes. If you’re still reading, then you’re not so grossed out that you’re not even considering learning about this productive (ahem) opportunity. The processes and purposes of the human poop for hire are different, but they all have one thing in common: a highly selective process for ensuring you’re eligible to cash on your flushing.
What Determines Qualified Poop?
There are two primary factors that help figure out if your poop is ready for the market. The first is age—most donors are younger than 60. Overall health is the second consideration; these are common requirements.
- No prior diagnosis of cancer, diabetes, hepatitis, autoimmune diseases, or HIV/AIDS.
- No recent use of antibiotics
- Healthy weight
- No drug or tobacco use
- No history of chronic diarrhea
- Can’t be pregnant
Qualified people also can’t work in the health care industry, and must be fit and healthy. If you are eligible to participate in poop programs, rest assured that your contributions go through almost a purification process before it’s used for therapeutics or research.
Really, How Much Can I Make—Money, That Is?
One of the poop purveyors, GoodNature, offers donors up to $1500 per month for stool samples. The trick here is to qualify for the program and live in an area where GoodNature has a physical presence—so far, Tempe, AZ, Irvine, CA, and Cambridge, MA. All three are near research universities, so if you’re a college student this could be lucrative side hustle. You can stop by a donation center up to six days a week—a much better solution on the go than hunting up a Starbucks. Also, nobody gives you the side-eye when you beeline for the bathroom.
Another stool processor, Human Microbes, offers up to $500 per sample—if you have desirable poop and have bowel movement every day, that’s an astonishing $180,000 in side income in a year. This company acts as a middleman between donors and recipients. You do your business at home and ship it in dry ice to the company for purification and then sending on to the recipient.
Seriously, What Happens to the Poop?
Some companies, like GoodNature, use fecal samples for research into digestive and autoimmune diseases. After the poop is cleaned up, it’s sent to a lab and put through testing to determine causes of disease, and possible treatments. The poo is distilled into an oral capsule for testing microbiome therapies. The test subjects aren’t paid for participating as they are typically patients, so the donors definitely get the better of that deal.
Some stool samples are used in fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). This treatment is for patients with clostridioides difficile (or c. difficile), a toxic germ that kills off healthy gut cells and causes inflammation. Your poo is commingled with that of the patient, and is inserted into their digestive tract via a colonoscopy, retentive enema, or an oral capsule.
According to Open Biome, FMT is also being tested for treating some cancers, metabolic disorders, and neuropsychiatric conditions.
Poop donation centers are all over the world, so even if you don’t live in the US, you won’t necessarily lose the opportunity for the ultimate in recycling. Don’t waste a flush—see if you qualify to get paid for poop.
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