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PRO/AH/EDR> Antibiotic resistance (03): India (TG) environmental pollution

Antimicrobial resistance -- IndiaCenturies ago, Indian princes would bathe in the cool Kazhipally Lake in Medak [district, Telangana]. Now, even the poorest villagers here in India's baking south point to the barren banks and frothy water and say they avoid going anywhere near it. A short drive from the bustling tech hub of Hyderabad, Medak is the heart of India's antibiotics manufacturing business: a district of about 2.5 million that has become one of the world's largest suppliers of cheap drugs Read more [...]