Wastewater treatment plants not responsible for spreading antimicrobial resistance
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 09:20
in Health & Medicine
Wastewater contains remnants of antimicrobial agents and a variety of pathogenic bacteria. It has therefore been generally assumed that wastewater treatment plants are the ideal location for pathogenic bacteria to develop new resistance genes. New research challenges the common perception that bacteria develop antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants.