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This week I have an update for the drugged water article covered last spring.  Today's article also provides some interesting research regarding the possible spread of antibiotic resistant microbes in our environment.

 

According to researchers at Birmingham and Warmwicck University, disinfectants and household products such as shampoos, fabric softeners, and the like are spreading drug resistant bacteria around Britain.  Soil samples from many areas have been found to contain large amounts of bacteria with anitbacterial-resistant genes.

 

Tons of sludge sewage is created annually and most of that is spread on farmland.  According to the researchers, that sludge contains antibiotic resistant bacteria whose growth is triggered by the aforementioned chemicals. 

 

This study is important because it suggests that the problem of drug resistance is not merely the result of the over prescribing of drugs, or poor hygiene standards in hospitals.

 

In this study, scientists looked at QAC's quaternary ammonium compounds used in many household cleaning products.  Each day, huge volumes of these chemicals are flushed from homes to sewers and rivers.  In the sewage these compounds become diluted and bacteria develops a natural resistance.

 

These drug resistant bacteria then are poised to enter the food chain. Once upon the land they can and do enter the bodies of agricultural workers forming reservoirs of drug-resistant microbes.

 

In addition, the research team found that antibiotics used to treat farm animals, especially pigs are also helping to spread drug resistance in the soil.

 

According to the researchers this is posing a huge public health threat in the time to come.  According to the team...the problem is not MRSA in hospitals or institutional settings....it's right out there in the environment, and is poised to become a widespread problem.  Visit our immune health aisle for great natural products.

 

 

Taryn DeCicco, ND

June 3rd, 2009

 

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