This simple graph shows how sewage water might predict COVID-19 outbreaks — but it also shows how statistics can trick you
The bad, the good, and the caveat.
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Purple bacteria turns sewage waste into clean energy
We're flushing valuable untapped energy down the toilet.
British surfers are more prone to be antibiotic resistant bacteria carriers
A new study shows that surfers are three times more likely to harbor very resistant types of E. coli.
Fourth Day of Montreal’s 7-Day Sewage Dump
Raw human sewage isn't in the news often enough. But infrastructure repair in Montreal has given sewage world attention. Starting ...
You’re flushing a goldmine down the toilet, literally
At a recent meeting of the of the American Chemical Society, researchers proposed a novel source of valuable metals: waste ...
Sewage is virus haven to a myriad of unknown strains
Well, it's pretty obvious that the rotten, insalubrious sewage environment is perfect for fostering infectious diseases and virus cultures. What's surprising however ...