Europe produced 58.8 million tonnes of plastics in 2022. — © AFP JOSH EDELSON Europe produced 58.8 million tonnes of plastics in 2022. — © AFP JOSH EDELSON ...

Each year, there are nearly three million cases of antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S. caused by MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

All wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) require upkeep and reinvestment to maintain efficacy and efficiency, and these improvements, which require infrastructure and equipment investments, frequently ...

To demonstrate the gene-exchange technique to enable wastewater bacteria to degrade plastics, this video shows two types of bacteria in red and green. The red strain and the green strain of bacteria ...

A San Antonio biology professor could receive $1 million in federal funding to study pathogens and microbes in the city’s water and wastewater, a project that could provide new information about ...

Municipal wastewater contains a large range of excreted antibiotics and has therefore long been suspected to be a spawning ground for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Now, a study led by a team from the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Lawmakers and experts are looking for solutions to high bacteria levels in our waters. State and city officials discussed health risks and want the community to be informed about ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The City and County of Honolulu said it has found elevated bacteria levels at the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Friday. Officials said a sample collected Friday ...

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems. But what, exactly, these ...