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How prevalent are these in water (vs other parts of the environment)? Are there some common places where a few well-placed filters could have an outsized impact in cleaningup our mess?



I think a big source is food, because it's bio-accumulating in our waste, which we spread on fields.


I don’t think human waste is used as fertiliser. It used to be and maybe it still is in some areas but it’s incredibly dangerous because it obviously contains human-specific diseases.


It's called "land application", and is still a thing. They don't apply human waste directly, it's digested biosolids.




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