Do You Think Your Shit is Valuable?

Have you ever heard of Clostridium difficile? It is a bacteria that causes digestive problems. Over 200,000 people each year are hospitalized because of it. Over 10,000 people may even die from it. Patients have started to become resistant to the antibiotics given by doctors to treat this bacteria. In an attempt to solve this problem, a company named OpenBiome is paying people for their stool donation to use in medical research. How much are they paying? $250 for a week worth of stool or $13,000 for a year! OpenBiome not only pays you for your stool but they also track how many people you have helped with it.

So what's the catch? how do you qualify? OpenBiome is looking for the creme de la creme of poop. It costs the company up to $5000 per screening, so they are very picky about who they let in. You must meet all of their health guidelines and pass several poop screenings. Also, you must be within the Massachusetts area in order to come in and donate 3 to 4 times a week. So I guess the question is, do you think your poop is worth anything? If you do, why not help out science and save a few people. The website is linked at the bottom.

http://www.openbiome.org/stool-donation/
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