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newshound
05-30-2009, 07:14 AM
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica point out the danger of antibiotic resistance genes passing into the human food chain.

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ion_avenger
05-30-2009, 10:51 PM
How long before this nasty s**t gets in our drinking water?
Nobody is required to test for it.