fecal

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They found that levels of fecal calprotectin, a protein that signals inflammation in the gut, dropped significantly in the fasting mimicking group compared with the control group.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Scientists have detected dangerously high concentrations of bacteria from fecal matter, including E.coli.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

However, testing showed that among the 11 water sources examined, bottled water was the most likely to contain coliform bacteria, which signal fecal contamination.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

Some encampments are strewn with debris that spills across an entire walkway or out into the street, while others carry the smell of urine, fecal matter or decaying food waste.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond