Antibiotic resistance is spreading among marine mammals

By Jane C. Hu
A new study of seals and porpoises in the Salish Sea shows how antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate in coastal waterways.

One Friday afternoon in August, Stephanie Norman was performing a routine necropsy, hacking away at the remains of a large, pneumonia-stricken harbour seal, when she nicked herself with the scalpel. She thought nothing of it until she woke up Sunday morning.…

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October 25, 2019

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