The problem of drug resistance among potentially infectious microbes has become a serious concern among doctors across the world, especially those of the tropical regions. But, do you know, even our treated drinking water is aiding this resistance?!
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Yes, it is the DNA that helps make germs resistant to medicines was found "even in treated drinking water", not mentioning its possible increasing appearance in water as a pollutant! This is reported by LiveScience, as been told by researcher Amy Pruden, an environmental engineer at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, told LiveScience.
And the result -- Diseases that were once considered eradicated - like tuberculosis -- are making alarming comebacks! And presently, more than two million Americans each year fall victims to resistant germs, of which 14,000 die as a result, according to the World Health Organization.
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