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#landfill — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. #Urban #birds are teeming with #antibioticresistant #bacteria
    Exposure to bacteria in #landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain prevalence among city-dwelling birds
    According to data for 2019, about 4.95M deaths globally were associated with bacterial AMR, including 1.27M directly caused by such resistance.
    Researchers say species of wild birds that tend to turn up in urban settings are reservoirs for bacteria with the hallmarks of resistance to a host of #drugs.
    theguardian.com/environment/ar