A New Alternative For Meat?
Japanese scientist makes a delicious burger out of human excrement. Such was the headline of the Daily Mail in June 2011. The article indulged in the disgusting details of this new food source.
All started when Professor Ikeda was asked to solve the problem of Tokyo’s ever-growing sewerage problem, he devised a way to convert it to meat. He extracts the proteins from the sewerage sludge, turns it red by using food coloring, and boosts the flavor with soy.
This artificial meat boasts 63% protein, 25% carbohydrates, 3% lipids, and 9% minerals. Not bad!
Totally plausible, is it? Amazingly, The Guardian newspaper in the UK, the International Business Times, Digital Trends, and LA Weekly, all fell for the hoax and reported accordingly, and nobody stopped to verify the facts.
Nobody sought a personal interview with Professor Ikeda; why should they when Youtube is loaded with reliable information?
No one questioned the science; is it possible at all to convert raw sewage into a safe, edible protein?
It does not happen every day that several newspapers are taken for the same ride.
The Article in the Daily Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2004791/Japanese-scientist-makes-delicious-burger--human-EXCREMENT.html
Comments (55)
You and Teenam. Really makes me laugh...
She just comes here to get my hopes high and then she disappears again. Maybe she does not like South African men either.
Just hold on!
At least! Until she get use to it!...
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No kidding?
You like to acclimatize?
An unknown mystery? Really?
What is his name?
I don't understand your previous comment.
Well, I hope not to understand it.
I know.
I'm still wondering what 'lmaoooo' means. You did not tell me last when I asked.
No kidding?
I have been wondering where McDonald have been getting there patties.
It could not have been that bad.
I seem to recall that somebody had a second helping and took some of the pie home.
Not that I was watching, I just happened to notice.