Why does the urine stink and keep getting worse over time?
The composition of urine is complicated. Think of any possible combination of substances previously ingested: water, fish heads, mice, bones, etc, all of which contain many elements. Some of the parts are transformed by the body into yet other identifiable compounds before a watery elimination. For our discussion we will address the parts of urine referred to here as “organic wastes”; those portions of urine that decay. The process of decay results in bacteria consuming the waste while converting it into gases. It is nature’s way of getting rid of it. Organic wastes are a natural source of food for bacteria. While feeding on these wastes the bacteria produce obnoxious vapors, releasing primarily ammonia, sulfur and methane gases in various combinations which we perceive as a bad odor. Put yet another way, what our noses perceive as an obnoxious odor is in reality bacteria excrement.Ammonia is the principle gas produced from urine decay. Chemically alkaline, the increasing presence of a
