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After wildfires near the California Coast, human and animal fecal bacteria in urban and wildland areas end up in coastal waters



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After wildfires near the California Coast, human and animal fecal bacteria in urban and wildland areas end up in coastal waters 

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Sunrise by the ocean during a wildfire in Goleta, CA.

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Credit: Carl Swindle





After wildfires near the California Coast, human and animal fecal bacteria in urban and wildland areas end up in coastal waters. 

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/4gcJ0To

Article Title: Coastal water bacterial responses to wildfires in California: A twenty-year investigation

Author Countries: United States

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Scoping review suggests drinking water is often contaminated with arsenic following wildfires in the region




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Scoping review suggests drinking water is often contaminated with arsenic following wildfires in the region 

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Change in arsenic concentrations pre- and post-wildfire.

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Credit: Willeford et al., 2026, PLOS Water, CC-BY 4.0




Scoping review suggests drinking water is often contaminated with arsenic following wildfires in the region, especially when mining, agricultural, or urbanized areas were burned. 

 

Article Link: https://plos.io/4qgvqmB

Article Title: Wildfire mobilization of arsenic into water resources: A scoping review of current literature 

Author Countries: United States

Funding: Support was provided in part by a research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (R01ES035878 to JR). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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