There’s a new reason for laundering money. Dollar bills support a rich flora of bacteria, some of them infectious, say research physicians Theodore W. Pope and Peter T. Ender of the Medical Center of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
They worked with Michael A. Koroscil at Beavercreek (Ohio) High School, who originated the idea for a science-fair project.
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