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Champions in decomposition, the microbes of El Yunque

Submitted on 27 January 2015 - 1:17pm

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Microbes are fundamental for helping nature to recover after a naural disaster such as a hurricane.

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The dark side of hand sanitizers

Submitted on 8 March 2013 - 5:26pm

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Diálogo Digital

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The use of antimicrobial hand sanitizers has been on the rise around the world and in Puerto Rico. Instead of protecting people, their overuse could lead to antibiotic resistance and the evolution of new "bugs" that could be harder to control...

The author is a doctoral candidate in environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona and a member of Ciencia Puerto Rico.

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