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

    It might also be an issue of the exposure to certain fungi in the soil that increases these reactions,btw.

    What is quite interesting, nevertheless: There is good evidence that people living around/downwind from industrial animal farming locations suffer from more multi resistance infections, even when they are not in contact with any workers of the location, but is highly dependent on the quality of the air filters in the facility.

    It will be interesting to see how the study OP linked will link with these results.