Antibiotic resistance is spreading from wastewater treatment plants

The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts of antibiotic resistant DNA. Researchers have found that even low concentrations of just a single type of antibiotic in the water supply leads to resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190306125330.htm

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