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Plastic waste in rivers may carry dangerous microbes: study
Wastewater is required to be treated and disinfected to reduce microbial hazards and any adverse impacts they might have on human and environmental health.
Volunteer students and Buddhist monks collect plastic waste from a sewage canal to set an example and educate people on proper plastic disposal in Phnom Penh on October 28, 2023. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
When plastic ends up in water its surface is overrun within minutes by nearby microbes.
The researchers submerged samples for a week in the River Sowe in Warwickshire and