Colorado deluge produced flood of drug-resistance genes
Pristine waterways were inundated with antibiotics in 2013
![A 2013 Colorado flood](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bm-flood2013_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FLOATING AROUND Colorado’s 2013 floodwaters (flooding in the city of Longmont shown) spread antibiotics and microbial drug-resistance genes to new places, including pristine headwaters of the South Platte River Basin.
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