Teagasc experts in water pollution breakthrough

METHODS used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test for water pollution have been questioned by scientists in Teagasc.

Their new findings on Escherichia coli, a common soil bacterium, also raise doubts about EU drinking water standards.

E coli is used internationally as an indicator that a drinking water supply has become contaminated with human or animal waste, or that the disinfection system is not operating adequately.