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Re: urea - a stinky subject


When urea was first discovered it was found as a component of urine.  I think that was about 300 years ago.  In the 19th century it was synthesized and for about the past century and a half it has been industrially produced...by huge chemical plants.

http://smallfry.dmu.ac.uk/chem/mom/urea/urea.html

Andrew Messinger
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