South Africa’s Crocodile River catchment turning into a ‘chemical cocktail’, warns researcher – The Mail & Guardian

South Africa’s Crocodile River catchment turning into a ‘chemical cocktail’, warns researcher – The Mail & Guardian

Every drop of river water tells a story, says scientist Shaskia John — and it’s not just about nature. “It’s a story about the kinds of medicine that we take, the kinds of chemicals that we use and about the kind of lifestyle choices that we make,” she says. “What we consume, we excrete and the wastewater plants will reflect that … Our rivers are lifestyle markers.” John, an aquatic ecologist who graduated from the department of nature conservat…

South Africa’s Crocodile River Is Basically Peeing Out Our Secrets, Says Scientist

[Image: Wikipedia] Every drop of river water tells a story, and not always the wholesome, nature-documentary kind. According to aquatic ecologist Shaskia John, our rivers are basically tattletales. “It’s a story about the kinds of medicine that we take, the kinds of chemicals that we use and about the kind of lifestyle choices that we make,” she says via Mail & Guardian. “What we consume, we excrete and the wastewater plants will reflect that … …