Environmental Changes 🌡️🦠

The rise in temperatures and alterations in precipitation patterns are leading to several significant consequences:

• Accelerated #bacterial growth rates

• Extended survival of #pathogens in the #environment

• Changes in the geographical #distribution of #diseases

• Altered effectiveness of #antimicrobials

#EnvironmentalAMR #ClimateEffects

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147823

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Evaluation of private well contaminants in an underserved North Carolina community

On-site sewage treatment systems can be an important source of antibiotic resistant bacteria and organic micropollutants into adjacent groundwater. Du…