Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows

ScienceDaily
May 9, 2025, 1:22 pm797 ptsInterestingTop
Millions of kilometers of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution at levels high enough to promote drug resistance and harm aquatic life, a new study warns. The study estimated the scale of global river contamination from human antibiotics use. Researchers calculated that about 8,500 tons of…

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