Currently everyone dumps raw sewage into the ocean. Even cruise ships of people from all over the world drop sewage into the ocean wherever they cruise. Do you know why this is so concerning? This means all the mutated viruses from all the genetically modified foods from all over the world are in the ocean. And this means everytime you eat seafood or seaweed you are eating all the mutated viruses from all over the world. Plus, of course there are toxins, bad bacteria, and parasites. But like we said before viruses are forever. So they are a bit more scary and concerning.
Remember how viruses live in fat cells? This means shrimp are one of the worst things you can eat. Anything fattening from the ocean is going to have more viruses. Pretty overwhelming to think about, right? Seafood is supposed to be one of the best things for us, but it’s become one of the worst things for us. Seaweed is an amazing superfood, but it could kill us in the current state.
So what do we do besides pass laws to get people from dumping raw sewage into the ocean. It will take decades to get people from all over the world to completely stop. And realistically people will never stop fully. There will always be those people looking to save a buck here and there at the expense of the world. People like my family will always exist. So what do we do?
Well, probiotic bacteria eat viruses. So we put probiotic bacteria in the ocean to control the viruses. There are also viruses that can be created to eat certain strains of bacteria. These are called phages. These are what my family used to make some strains of your gut bacteria go extinct. We can create and use these to clean up bad strains of bacteria we find in the ocean.
Probiotic bacteria also eat heavy metals and clean up a lot of toxins. The ocean may never really be clean again. But hopefully we can clean it up enough that seafood won’t be so deadly to eat. Seafood is supposed to be one of the healthiest things in the world. It would be good if we could eat it again someday.