A recent Kansas State University study shows that insects
link places such as food animal farms and wastewater facilities to the urban
environment for antibiotic resistance.
Those pesky house flies buzzing around your home or invading
your springtime picnic could be doing more harm to human health than you
realize. According to a recent study by Kansas State University, published in
the Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal, insects carry
antibiotic-resistant bacteria from one point to another, including from food
animal farms and wastewater treatment facilities, for example, to urban areas.