- Thursday, 24 April 2025
Study estimates 80% length of India's rivers posing risks from antibiotic pollution
Children play in the polluted water of the Mahananda river, seen on Earth Day, in Siliguri, West Bengal, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Photo: PTI
NEW DELHI, Apr 23,: Eighty per cent of total length of India's rivers could be posing environmental and health risks due to antibiotic pollution, a study has estimated.
Along with India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Pakistan are among the countries facing similar risks due to pollution from antibiotics, the research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus, said.
Researchers from McGill University, Canada, explained that antibiotics -- they help fight bacterial diseases -- are not completely metabolised while passing through the body, nor completely destroyed or removed by most wastewater treatment facilities.
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