Nearly a Third of Antibiotics Used by Humans End Up in River Systems Globally Each Year: Study.
A new study has found that roughly 8,500 tons of antibiotics — almost a third of what is consumed by humans each year — ends up in the world’s rivers, even after much have passed through wastewater systems.
The researchers warned that river systems globally have been contaminated with levels of antibiotic pollution high enough to harm aquatic life and promote drug resistance, a press release from the Blue Community / Blue University McGill said.
