Testing for UV Damage (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Testing for UV Damage

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University of Washington researchers tested how well current water and wastewater disinfection methods damage a bacterial antibiotic resistance gene. Shown here is UW civil and environmental engineering doctoral student Huan He testing how well UV light damages a bacterial antibiotic resistance gene.

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Mark Stone/University of Washington

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