Farmlands in Europe may be the single largest reservoir of microplastics in the world
We might have unknowingly been dumping huge quantities of microplastics on our croplands.
Tag: sewage
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.
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 ...