Hey Gang!
This week we will be talking about waterborne pathogens, which if you don't know what they are already you soon will. The reason is that one of the researchers you will be meeting at University of Houston studies pollution patterns in one particular type of waterborne pathogen in Houston.
Here is an example of a microscope-enhanced image of one of the pathogens that you may encounter this week. It is GIARDIA, and they can exist in untreated waters even waters that you think are clean. One example is even in cool-mountain streams, this protozoa can survive as a cyst for weeks just waiting to make ill the weary hiker.
This week we will actually be playing a game in groups. You group will face off against all of the other groups. What you'll need for the game is this spreadsheet that I've created. With it you will know as much as anybody who has a PhD in waterborne pathogens. :-)
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