Scientists use surfer dudes to understand marine pollution


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Surfers are studied for water pollution in the sea.

A current British study is analysing marine bacteria present in large quantities in the intestines of surfers. The goal is to better understand how antibiotic-resistant bacteria in water affects the human gut and, ultimately, human health.

Numerous studies have shed light on the serious state of marine pollution along the British coast. Though seawater contains plastics and other waste, it also houses bacteria that, over time and because of the

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