The emergence of a possible link between air pollution and antibiotic resistance shows why action to clean up air is so badly needed
A decade ago, Britain’s top health official issued a grim warning: antibiotic resistance posed an apocalyptic threat, with patients having simple operations at risk of dying from routine infections that could no longer be treated.
Sally Davies, then the chief medical officer for England, said global action was required to fight antibiotic resistance and fill a drug discovery void by researching and developing medicines to treat mutating infections.
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