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by zabzonk 853 days ago
i worked for a university of london microbiology department in the early 80s, and one of my least favourite tasks was to go down to the thames (i used steps outside the national theatre) and get a couple of litres of river water for the students to experiment with. jesus, you would not believe the bacterial load in there! but i believe things have got better since then.