New study measures the presence of antibiotics in the environment - Canada French

MONTREAL — Thousands of tons of antibiotics used in human health end up every year in our rivers, where they still have a poorly understood impact on the ecosystem and the progression of antibiotic resistance, warns a Montreal researcher. "The problem was not only that of normal contaminants that could harm ecosystems, fish and aquatic ecosystems, but also that of antibiotic resistance," said postdoctoral researcher Heloisa Ehalt Macedo of McGil…