Monday, May 18, 2015

You Might Not Like Bacteria, But Are We Actually The Ones Producing Them?!?

http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/harbor/html/soh_bhbacteria.htm

Above is an article that was posted on masssachusetts.gov for the recent and on going disturbance of bacterial pollution in what we Bostonians know as Boston Harbor. Not only has this Enterococcus bacteria had a risk of disease on us humans now in the 21st century, but it's been out and about since as early as the 1930s!  Below the actual text of the article, you will see a map of the certain areas of Boston Harbor and its surroundings that were contaminated in the 1980s-1990s and the late 1990s to the early 2000s.

1 comment:

  1. I am glad that the bacterial pollution in the Boston Harbor has been decreasing, meaning that the people who live there are at less of a risk of disease from poorly treated sewage that can carry disease-causing microorganisms--bacteria, viruses, and parasites. I wonder how we can continue to decrease the amount of pathogens and keep the amount of them from raising.

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