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Brazil’s sewage woes reflect the growing global water quality crisis

  • Written by Joan Rose, Laboratory Director/Principal Investigator in Water Research, Michigan State University

All eyes are turned toward Rio de Janeiro to watch top athletes from all over the world compete. Yet the headlines continue to highlight the problems with the water quality and the risks to the athletes who swim, row and sail, and even to tourists simply visiting the beaches.

Large concentrations of disease-causing viruses have been found in the...

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