Soil plays a much bigger role in the spread of antibiotic resistance than one might imagine, new research indicates.

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      23 hours ago

      Funneling curbside composting to farms would probably help. And would cut down on food waste and the need for more landfill space.

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        No,sadly it would make matters worse. Household/curbside composting has huge issues with multiresistant bacterial growth, drug residue,etc. That egg shell someone added? Congratulations, you have a high chance of adding certain multiresistant strains+residue of drugs used in poultry. There is a reason why a lot of countries do not allow that near professional food production.