4 Jun 2019

Aqua pura? World rivers' antibiotic pollution

From Nine To Noon, 9:35 am on 4 June 2019

A major new global study has found many of the world's rivers have unsafe levels of antibiotics in them. Researchers looked for 14 commonly used antibiotics in rivers in 72 countries.

Professor Alistair Boxall from the University of York helped co-led the study and joins Lynn Freeman to explain what the findings mean for the problem of increased antibiotic resistance.

panorama view beautiful curve of chao phraya river and high building sky scrapper in heart of bangkok thailand

Photo: 123RF/khunaspix@yahoo.co.th

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