Many of the world’s rivers are flush with dangerous levels of antibiotics
Polluted waterways help fuel drug resistance in bacteria
![Odaw River](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/061119_cw_river-antibiotics_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
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