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Re:Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resist... by autokad on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:40AM (#16204635)
a lot of people are going to blindly say 'antibiotics used on animals'. that's probably not the case. the ocean has a high salinity as we all know. The same mechanisms that bacteria evolve to deal with that make it ideal for fighting against antibiotics.
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Re:Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resist... by therealdrag0 on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:00PM (#16206919)
I was wondering "isn't the salt water anti-biotic?"
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