Antibiotics drive resistance in waterways - even after they break down

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Source: Lewis Clarke

Antibiotics continue to drive resistance to bacteria, even after they are broken down in wastewater treatment plants and discharged into rivers and seas, new research published on World Oceans Day has shown for the first time.

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