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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Spoiler alert: It's a research program for over 20 years at Northeastern University to understand the impact of steroid abuse in teens.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4720269/

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I study how fast poison leaking into the ground is cleaned up by microbes, and how it's possible to protect drinking water sources from that poison.

I honestly don't know how to phrase that so it sounds ridiculous or useless.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 35 points 1 month ago

You watch trash water drain into dirt

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Researchers spend $X to find out if poison kills microbes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That just sounds like antibiotic research.

[–] Contramuffin 4 points 1 month ago

Researchers spend $X to find out if microbes kill poison

[–] Eranziel 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'll take a stab at it.

"Researchers spend $X to see whether poison leaking into the ground gets into our water."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Researchers Poison Groundwater!

[–] Contramuffin 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, that would implicitly admitthat pollution happens, which would never occur on Fox. Better version might be "see if dirt absorbs poison"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Researchers spend $X trying to poison groundwater, thankfully foiled by bacteria.

[–] Maggoty 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh that's easy. You're the one turning Frogs gay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Shit, you got me.