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Indian River Turned into Dumping Ground for Drugs
medindia 8870 Posts An Indian river has turned into hotspot for dumped drugs. Drugs from a waste water treatment plant in Patancheru near Hyderabad is dumped into this river. The continual discharge of antibiotic-contaminated water has created a hotspot of bacterial antibiotic resistance in the river, reports Nature. ...Read More
Posted on : Monday, February 21, 2011 4:25 AM

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ennairam_23
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The Indian government should do something about this. Dumping drugs in the river is a major violation. There have already been reported cases of drug resistance bacteria, these drugs on the river can further add to the rising incidence of drug-resistant bacteria.

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