Scientists have revealed (thereby KILLING OUR DREAMS) that sand contains 100 times more faecal matter (that’s a posh way of saying ‘poo’) than sea water contaminated with sewage.
Oh, how lovely.
Apparently, this fact has long been known in the science world (well thanks for the heads up, guys!), and now, thanks to research by Tao Yan from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (and breathe), we know why.
Tao Yan explained: ‘Enterococci and C. perfringens… showed significantly smaller decay rates in beach sand than in seawater.’