Parasites in cat poop: Potential public health problem?
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
Each year in the United States, cats deposit about 1.2 million metric tons of feces into the environment, and that poop is carrying with it what may be a vast and underappreciated public health problem, say scientists July 9 in the journal Trends in Parasitology.