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Did you know?
- A weekend boater flushing untreated sewage into the Bay produces the same amount of bacterial pollution as that of 10,000 people whose sewage passes through a treatment plant.
- Studies have found elevated levels of fecal coliform bacteria - a commonly used indicator for measuring the presence of feces in water - where there are concentrations of recreational boaters.
- Over 100 different intestinal pathogens - viruses, parasites and bacteria - can be found in sewage.
- Synthetic hormones (from birth control pills and hormone therapy) secreted from women's urine into waterways can be absorbed by fish, causing physiological changes and affecting the reproductive ability of male fish. Antibiotics and other drugs taken by humans are also turning up in the nation's waterways.
- A single gallon of used motor oil spilled in one million gallons of water will kill half of all exposed Dungeness crab larvae. An oil spill can also cause hypothermia and organ damage in waterbirds, otters and other marine mammals, which can be fatal.
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