Antibiotic Resistance in India

A recent news article from Times of India discusses the dire effects of antibiotic overuse on public health in India. Although we always discuss this problem in terms of what we see in the US, it’s important to realize that antibiotic resistance is a problem everywhere. According to the article, the top three antibiotic using …

Possible pathogens in rainwater harvesting tanks

Just came across this article entitled “Rainwater harvesting tanks enable spread of dangerous pathogens, study shows”.  The article describes a fairly straightforward set of findings from rainwater storage tanks in South Africa.  Researchers found Legionella, Klebsiella, Giardia, Salmonella, and Yersinia.  Not a friendly-sounding list of bugs. However, I have the usual set of issues with …