fecal

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The team also explained that detecting Ro in living snakes can be difficult because testing relies on fecal samples.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Researchers test for fecal pollution because “even a single exposure can result in illness.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The annual Beach Report Card examines the amount of fecal pollution measured along the West Coast from Baja California all the way up to the state of Washington.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Another group of eight aging mice served as controls and received sterilized fecal material instead.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond