Clean those grubby suits!!

[turbanator]

Apolgies if this has been posted before.

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by turbanator

Apolgies if this has been posted before.

To be a truly accurate study I really think they need to check drysuits as well.......cos bacteria does not stick to membrane suits....honest

[The Purist]

TBH I'd be more concerned about the pathogens introduced from the inside of some wetsuits rather than the outside... not mine, obviously

[B]

still wonder how to discharge said pathogens (albeit to recognised sources if you know what I mean) when wearing dry suit with undersuit and rest... any suggestions??? lol

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by The Prices

still wonder how to discharge said pathogens (albeit to recognised sources if you know what I mean) when wearing dry suit with undersuit and rest... any suggestions??? lol

Not heard of it being a problem with wetsuits before.

In certain parts of our State (Tasmania), we have problems with introduced pests, such as North Pacific Seastar and European Green Crab, we have to be very careful and are asked by the authorities to rinse our boat(s) out with copious quantities of freshwater, preferably on a grassy surface which isn't going to discharge via stormwater to a beach or other marine water, before travelling on to different waters.

These things were mainly introduced here as larvae from ships' ballast waters - this has happened in many other parts of the world too.

The seastars are from Japanese waters and have decimated benthic life in areas where they have become established, such as the River Derwent in Hobart.

CSIRO Marine - Seastar background information

I could't open the original link on grubby wetsuits though - was it seriously suggesting wetsuits as an agent fortransmission of pathogens between different waters?

Richard M.