The Weedkiller in Your Field May Be Creating Superbugs in…

The Weedkiller in Your Field May Be Creating Superbugs in Your Hospital Antimicrobial resistance already kills over a million people every year. We've long blamed antibiotic overuse. But new research points to an unexpected accomplice, a weedkiller used on farms worldwide. Researchers tested hospital strains of multidrug-resistant bacteria and made a striking discovery. These bacteria weren't just resistant to antibiotics, they were also highly resistant to glyphosate, one of the most widely used herbicides in the world. 74% of hospital strains were resistant to carbapenems, the last-line antibiotic