Researchers say an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" appears to be slipping past wastewater treatment plants in Northern China. The lead researcher on a study about the problem in China, called the results "scary." The so-called "superbugs" carry New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1"a multidrug-resistant gene first identified in India in 2010." “There’s no antibiotic that can kill [the bug.] We only realized they exist just a little while ago when a man got infected in India,. The researchers saw it as significant news for the water industry. Tthe findings "underscore the need to better understand and mitigate their proliferation and propagation from wastewater treatment plants." . "We often think about sewage treatment plants as a way to protect us, to get rid of all of these disease-causing constituents in wastewater. But it turns out these microbes are growing. They're eating sewage, so they proliferate. See full article at.. http://www.wateronline.com/doc/superbug-found-in-china-s-wastewater-0001
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