Salt and Lepto

A funny newsbit recently that found itself in mainstream media is the use of  salt to dilute the leptospira bacteria in floodwaters.  In fact, one tabloid headline yesterday read: TUBIG-DAGAT, GAMOT SA LEPTO.  Although this might have some basis scientifically, because the bacteria might be susceptible to high saline content, novel studies must be done.  [...]

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It all comes down to this series of typhoons that almost wiped out Metro Manila, the capital of this archipelago, whose streets have recently been converted to tributaries of rivers and other large bodies of water, lakes, seas what have you removing traces of structures that once stood on them.  Ondoy knocked down the city [...]