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Backpack lab finds wastewater contamination and drug-resistant bacteria in Galápagos waters

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From routine surgeries to cancer treatment, modern medicine depends on drugs that can fight infections caused by microbes such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. But some microbes are becoming resistant to the drugs used to treat them, which has wide-reaching consequences for global public health.

First report: US military leaders are sounding the alarm on a growing battlefield threat: drug-resistant bacteria — businessinsider.com, 6d