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Scientists were recently surprised to find that the natural community of zooplankton — tiny, aquatic animals known to graze on bacteria — present in freshwater and saltwater do not clean water that is contaminated with fecal microorganisms. Pictured: One of the zooplankton found in the water samples is the adult copepod, a miniature crustacean that is about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Zooplankton go “Eew!” to cleaning feces-contaminated water

UC Riverside associate professor Yujie Men at an incubator filled with bacteria cultures bottles.

Bacteria Could Hold Key to Breaking Down Stubborn ‘Forever Chemicals’

Jinyong Liu

Scientists Discover New Method to Clean Up “Forever Chemical” Pollution from Firefighting Foams

To clean water, researchers have designed swarms of tiny, spherical robots (light yellow) that collect bacteria (green) and small pieces of plastic (gray).

Microrobots Clean Microplastics and Bacteria from Water

a front-loading washing machine washing white clothing with suds

Glowing Clothes and Microplastics: The Hidden Pollutants in Our Water

Drawing of fast food meal, including soda

Researchers find lots of contaminated water in fast-food soda fountains

Pipe sticking out of ground

Passing Arsenic

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