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So, another poster triggered this question in my mind when saying old urine can smell like ammonia.
If this is TMI (talking about urine), please feel free to tune out of this thread.
For those sticking around, I use a pee bottle at times on the road (this was even pre-COVID, before restrooms were shut or just sketchy to go into with the virus) for a variety of convenience reasons. USUALLY, I empty it promptly. The last time, mine got left aside, as I had a medical issue I had to deal with and life got busy.
The gross part: It's been about two weeks and I was planning to just throw the bottle away (like at a random shopping center trash can). However, someone said urine doesn't have bacteria. Would it actually be safe to open that bottle up and empty it (into a toilet! ...not sink, of course)? Would some weird chemical reaction have taken place already inside or happen once the fluid is exposed to air after so much time, such that I could get sick from inhaling the pee bottle's content's air? If some accidentally slashed on my skin when emptying it, would it corrode my skin and give me some disease or what not? Is is really true that urine has no bacteria?
Thanks for satisfying my purely scientific curiosity.
If this is TMI (talking about urine), please feel free to tune out of this thread.
For those sticking around, I use a pee bottle at times on the road (this was even pre-COVID, before restrooms were shut or just sketchy to go into with the virus) for a variety of convenience reasons. USUALLY, I empty it promptly. The last time, mine got left aside, as I had a medical issue I had to deal with and life got busy.
The gross part: It's been about two weeks and I was planning to just throw the bottle away (like at a random shopping center trash can). However, someone said urine doesn't have bacteria. Would it actually be safe to open that bottle up and empty it (into a toilet! ...not sink, of course)? Would some weird chemical reaction have taken place already inside or happen once the fluid is exposed to air after so much time, such that I could get sick from inhaling the pee bottle's content's air? If some accidentally slashed on my skin when emptying it, would it corrode my skin and give me some disease or what not? Is is really true that urine has no bacteria?
Thanks for satisfying my purely scientific curiosity.