• JWBananas@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    1 year ago

    However, it’s still unclear what underlying mechanisms may allow antibiotic resistance to spread in air pollution. It will be important for future studies to investigate this.

    Wat.

    Increased air pollution -> More respiratory illnesses - > More over-prescribing of antibiotics -> More antibiotic resistance

    • Tomassci@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      @JWBananas Or maybe the antibiotic resistant genes are taking a hitch ride on larger particles? I don’t know, that is probably unlikely, but we’ve seen they can hitchhike into the atmosphere.