Antibiotics find way from farms into water supplies

It might be hard to keep antibiotic-resistance-promoting genes down on the farm, according to a University of Illinois study.

The study showed antibiotic-resistant genes leaking from waste lagoons on large swine farms into groundwater in the area of the farms.

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