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U.N. agencies widen antimicrobial resistance fight to waste systems

Research links food loss and waste to spread of drug-resistant microbes as strategy shifts toward environmental controls.

The World Health Organization warns antimicrobial resistance threatens the effective prevention and treatment of a growing range of infections. (Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)

Antimicrobial resistance, long addressed mainly through clinical and livestock controls, is now being treated by international agencies as an environmental transmission risk.

A new scientific paper cited by the Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday identified food loss and waste as a potential pathway for spreading drug-resistant microbes.

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