Environment
Thank You, Science, for This Map of Fecal Viruses
Developing nations have problems with sewage in the water—but so do L.A. and New Jersey.
Credit researchers at Michigan State University and elsewhere for being ahead of Google Maps on this one. They’ve created what they call the first-ever model of “fecal viruses traveling our global waterways,” according to the university.
It wasn’t just gross curiosity driving their pursuit, of course. Because contaminated water is thought to kill more people than all combined forms of violence, they thought it’d be nice to know where it’s most prevalent. Here’s more from the university: