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F ight B ac ! P ut a S top to H armful B acteria
Pollution comes in many forms. Met-
als, dirt, litter and chemicals are a few
of the items that make their way into
our waterways. But there is another
kind of living pollution: bacteria.
It turns out “The Contaminator”
thrives on it. Bacteria are single cell
organisms that exist everywhere. As
many as a million bacteria may live in
a milliliter of freshwater.
The good news is that not all bacte-
ria are bad for