Every minute, a child dies from a water-related disease; combine that with adult fatalities from the same diseases, and the number skyrockets to more than 840,000 annual deaths (“Water Facts”). These individuals are only a tiny fraction of the 750 million people worldwide without access to clean drinking water, water that is often used to sustain what little agriculture they may be cultivating. This crisis closely interrelates with the worldwide hunger issue, which is so prevalent that 21,000 people die each day (one every four seconds) of hunger and hunger-related ailments (“Hunger and World Poverty”). These predicaments both cause and are caused by extreme poverty, particularly in rural areas, and are especially rampant in developing nations.
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Research has shown that urine helps plants best when diluted with purified water; this is likely due to the fact that urine contains chemicals that would halt (or at the very least, slow down considerably) important processes within the plant. Such processes include, but are certainly not limited to, transpiration and photosynthesis, inarguably the two most vital activities performed within the plant. Transpiration occurs when plants lose water vapor through the guard cells and stomata; when they are completely saturated, they become turgid, or swollen, and have a buildup of turgor pressure. The guard cells open and release water, and when the turgor pressure has subsided, the guard cells and stomata close nearly all the way. Photosynthesis, on the other hand, is the process by which plants produce sugars for food. Both processes require large amounts of pure water; if there is not enough water, several side effects may occur. One of these is wilting, both temporary and permanent. Wilting occurs when a plant begins transpiring rapidly, thus losing water at that same rapid rate, and there is not enough water to replace that which is being lost. Likewise, the lack of water hinders photosynthesis, as the guard cells of the stomata seal shut to prevent any further water loss, thus preventing carbon dioxide from entering into the plant’s circulatory system, and potentially escalating the plant’s inner temperature (Biology,
Research has shown that urine helps plants best when diluted with purified water; this is likely due to the fact that urine contains chemicals that would halt (or at the very least, slow down considerably) important processes within the plant. Such processes include, but are certainly not limited to, transpiration and photosynthesis, inarguably the two most vital activities performed within the plant. Transpiration occurs when plants lose water vapor through the guard cells and stomata; when they are completely saturated, they become turgid, or swollen, and have a buildup of turgor pressure. The guard cells open and release water, and when the turgor pressure has subsided, the guard cells and stomata close nearly all the way. Photosynthesis, on the other hand, is the process by which plants produce sugars for food. Both processes require large amounts of pure water; if there is not enough water, several side effects may occur. One of these is wilting, both temporary and permanent. Wilting occurs when a plant begins transpiring rapidly, thus losing water at that same rapid rate, and there is not enough water to replace that which is being lost. Likewise, the lack of water hinders photosynthesis, as the guard cells of the stomata seal shut to prevent any further water loss, thus preventing carbon dioxide from entering into the plant’s circulatory system, and potentially escalating the plant’s inner temperature (Biology,