The Gowanus Canal used to be the next big thing, but since the housing market bottomed out, it seems no one wants to pay top dollar to live next to a potential Superfund site. It begs the question, why would someone want to live next to a site that could kill them? Well, Mr. Smarty Pants, because now it could SAVE YOUR LIFE! That's right, the Gowanus is so polluted (how polluted is it?!) that reseachers say they have discovered new forms of bacteria growing in the stagnant waters that could be used as antibiotics.
"What we suspected turned out to be true," Nasreen confirmed. “The extracts from the microbes in the water proved to be potential sources of antibiotics or inhibitors.” Clearly, this discovery has a possible significant positive impact on human health as well as on the health of ecological systems."No word yet on developers converting empty condos into biolabs.
- Poluted Gowanus Canal May Be Source Of New Antibiotics [Innovations Report]
- Gowanus Canal Coverage [Curbed]
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