South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency
An average person defecates about 500g a day, which can be converted to 50 litres of methane gas.
Fri Jul 09 2021
Contract worker died after inhaling methane gas
Mohd Marwan Mustafa Afandi, 35, died at the scene while his friends Mohd Zul Aizat Aziz, 23, and Mohd Yaacob Badrishah, 24 were lucky to survive but experienced shortness of breath.
Thu Oct 27 2016
Methane gas poisoning: 8 firemen suffer short of breath
Eight firemen suffered shortness of breath, as a result of methane gas poisoning during an operation to bring out the body of a Bangladesh national who fell into a sewage tank.
Fri Aug 26 2016
Exploding excrement topples building in China
A cesspool filled with excrement has exploded in central China, injuring 15 people and knocking down a building.
Mon Nov 24 2014
Life on Mars hopes fade after rover findings: study
Hopes of finding life on Mars suffered a setback after new findings from NASA's Curiosity rover detected only trace amounts of methane gas.
Thu Sep 19 2013