Even The Cleanest Wastewater Contributes To More 'Super Bacteria'

A new University of Minnesota study reveals that the release of treated municipal wastewater - even wastewater treated by the highest-quality treatment technology - can have a significant effect on the quantities of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, often referred to as "superbacteria," in surface waters. The study also suggests that wastewater treated using standard technologies probably contains far greater quantities of antibiotic-resistant genes, but this likely goes unnoticed because background levels of bacteria are normally much higher than the water studied in this research...

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