In this new case, the team in Rochester found that both patients had used bat guano to fertilize their marijuana garden. Unbeknownst to them, their fertilizer was harboring a type of fungus called ...

The 59-year-old man had purchased the bat guano — described as a “natural superfood” for cannabis plants due to its high nutrients — from an online store, according to the study.

After breathing in spores of a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum, ... New York, died due to exposure to fungus in bat poop they intended to use as a fertilizer for their cannabis plants.

Two New York men have died after contracting a rare fungal infection from the bat feces they used to fertilize their marijuana plants.. The men, both of Rochester, were cultivating cannabis for ...

Two men in Rochester, N.Y., died after being infected with a rare fungus found in bat feces, which is sometimes used as fertilizer, ... that they were using to grow cannabis plants, ...

Stock image of a greater bamboo bat (main) and a cannabis leaf (inset). Two men in Rochester, New York, died due to exposure to fungus in bat poop they intended to use as a fertilizer ...

Marijuana legalization hits roadblocks after years of expansion It is likely that during the fertilization process, the men breathed in harmful fungus spores released by the guano , leaving them ...

One of them, a 59-year-old man with a history of emphysema as well heavy tobacco and marijuana use, was hospitalized after suffering serious weight loss over the course of about six weeks.