Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Antibiotic Resistance

And in case you're worried about over use of antibiotics causing resistant organisms, we have this little tid bit: a high school science project revealed at least seven antibiotics in the Potomac River. It gets there because animals are fed antibiotics, they excrete them, and after the rain the run-off discharges them into the river.

So all the germs in the soil, the water, and the animals, get exposed to these antibiotics, and the ones that live are resistant and take over the world.

Forget about the one you took twice.

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