Many of the world’s rivers are flush with dangerous levels of antibiotics
Polluted waterways help fuel drug resistance in bacteria

DRUGGED UP A global survey found antibiotics in about two-thirds of 711 river sites tested, including in the Odaw River running through Ghana’s capital of Accra (shown).
Rob Marchant
This article is only available to Science News subscribers.
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access our archives.
