Indirect Effects Of Humans On Water Quality
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 11:50
in Health & Medicine
A study published today shows that a newly studied class of water contaminants that is known to be toxic and hormone disrupting to marine animals is present likely due in part to indirect effects of human activity. The contaminants are more prevalent in populated areas in the San Francisco Bay, suggesting that human impacts on nutrient input or other changes in water quality may enhance natural production. A paper in PLOS ONE says humans may have an indirect effect on water quality. read more