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Testing the Water

Environmental campaigning organization Changing Markets recently published a report uncovering widespread antibiotic resistance in wastewater from pharmaceutical plants in India (1). We spoke to the group about why – and how – the industry should address this important environmental issue.

02/15/2017 1 min read

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34 sites were tested in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Delhi and Chenna, India.
16 sites harbored antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria:

  • 4 with resistance to cephalosporins, carbapenems and fluoroquinolone
  • 8 with resistance to cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones
  • 4 with resistance to fluoroquinolones or cephalosporins

References

  1. “Superbugs in the Supply Chain: How pollution from antibiotics factories in India and China is fueling the global rise of drug-resistant infections” Changing Markets (2016) DGJ Larsson et al., 2007. Op. Cit. (2007) and RH Lindberg et al., Op. Cit. (2005) http://amr-review.org/Publications

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