
Japan rivers could spawn drug-resistant bacteria
TOKYO (AFP)...surveys on 19 rivers in 2004 and 2005 by the team led by the state-run Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the government's Public Works Research Institute...
....It found that the concentrations were high in rivers in Japan's three densely populated urban areas -- the Yamato River in Osaka, the Tama River in Tokyo and the Shonai River in Aichi. The result showed that sewage plants were unable to fully remove ingredients of antibotics and other drugs...more...