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A microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in an antimicrobial resistance and characterization lab within the Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (AP/David Goldman)
Big Pharma

Big Pharma’s Pollution Is Creating Deadly Superbugs, While The World Looks The Other Way

Amid Superbug Scourge, Study Finds 1 in 3 Antibiotic Prescriptions Unnecessary

‘Reducing the needless use of antibiotics will slow the emergence of antibiotic-resistant microbes, so-called superbugs, which are among the most urgent public health threats of our time.’

May 5th, 2016
Andrea Germanos
May 5th, 2016
By Andrea Germanos
Antibiotics, pills, medication

New findings published Tuesday shed more light on the rising problem of "superbugs," or antibiotic-resistant microbes, showing that at least 30 percent of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are unnecessary. Modern Healthcare describes the analysis as "the first detailed look at all antibiotic prescribing throughout the country." The

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