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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
AMR develops when bacteria, fungi or viruses are exposed to antibiotics, antifungals or antivirals. As a result, the antimicrobials become ineffective and infections may persist. In addition, medical interventions including surgery, chemotherapy and stem cell therapy may become impossible.
AMR is considered the biggest global threat of Health and Food Safety.
AMR Insights:
For Environmental experts, officials and other professionals who wish to prevent the further spreading of Antimicrobial resistance, AMR Insights offers selected, global information and data, specific education and extensive networking and partnering opportunities.
AMR Insights is for:
- Environmental Researchers at universities and research institutes
- Environmental Experts at research and consultancy firms
- Labtechnicians at environmental quality laboratories
- Senior officials at national authorities and regulatory authorities staff
- Environmental Experts at drinking water, sewage and soil remediation companies
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21 April 2026Apparently Healthy Chicken and Farm Wastewater as Potential Reservoirs for Antimicrobial Resistance Enterobacteriaceae: A Food Safety Concern
The study shows that apparently healthy chickens and farm wastewater can act as significant reservoirs and transmission pathways for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. In commercial poultry farms in Bangladesh, researchers detected a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms in both chickens and surrounding wastewater, indicating continuous environmental contamination. These bacteria carried resistance to multiple commonly used antibiotics, suggesting […]
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20 April 2026The Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in South African Wastewater Using Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Approaches
This study highlights wastewater as a critical but underutilized surveillance source for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), particularly in settings like South Africa where AMR management remains complex. Using metatranscriptomic analysis of untreated wastewater samples from the Tshwane District, researchers identified 39 AMR gene families across 39 antimicrobial classes, confirming wastewater as a hotspot for the dissemination […]
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20 April 2026Waste-ing antibiotics: Antimicrobial resistance, environmental pollution and unsettled science in the governance of pharmaceutical manufacturing
This paper examines how scientific evidence is used—and contested—in regulating environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), focusing on efforts by the Government of India to control antibiotic pollution from pharmaceutical manufacturing. Drawing on qualitative research, legal cases, and stakeholder perspectives, it shows that “unsettled” science leads to conflicting interpretations among regulators, industry, civil society, and […]
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