March 12th, 2009
By John DeFore
Green Right Now
Animal-rights activists may be pleased at a new development that should lead to fewer animals being sacrificed in the name of environmental monitoring — or, at least, will result in vastly smaller organisms being used in the guinea-pig role.
The new developments also could save people from becoming inadvertent guinea pigs when their water system becomes contaminated by detecting problems early.




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