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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Farming, pharmaceutical and health pollution fuelling rise in superbugs, UN warns

A series of antimicrobial resistance susceptibility tests.
A series of antimicrobial resistance susceptibility tests. Photograph: Nicolae Malancea/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Pollution from livestock farming, pharmaceuticals and healthcare is threatening to destroy a key pillar of modern medicine, as spills of manure and other pollution into waterways are adding to the global rise of superbugs, the UN has warned.

Animal farming is one of the key sources of strains of bacteria that have developed resistance to all forms of antibiotics, through the overuse of the medicines in farming.

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