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SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater may pose risks to marine mammals – News-Medical.Net

Endangered marine mammals — seals, dolphins, whales, and otters — are almost as vulnerable as humans in becoming infected from severe acute respiratory syndrome…

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Endangered marine mammals — seals, dolphins, whales, and otters — are almost as vulnerable as humans in becoming infected from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Researchers from the Dalhousie University in Canada published a study in Science of The Total Environment that found human wastewater as a potential mode of coronavirus transmission to animals.
If left untreated, wastewater contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 could leave a devastating impact on already declining marine…

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