Rivers loaded with antibiotics waste

CONTEXT:

  • Rivers worldwide are polluted with antibiotics that exceed environmental safety thresholds by up to 300 times, according to research.
  • Scientists found one or more common antibiotics in two-thirds of 711 samples taken from rivers in 72 countries.
  • At one location in Bangladesh, concentrations of another widely used antibiotic, metronidazole, were 300 times above the limit.
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