A dead fish floats in water filled with blue-green algae at the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei. Photo: Reuters
A dead fish floats in water filled with blue-green algae at the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei. Photo: Reuters

China consumes almost half the world's antibiotics - and they're coursing through its waterways

Study by national academy finds high levels of the drugs in northern rivers on the mainland and in the south near Hong Kong

A dead fish floats in water filled with blue-green algae at the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei. Photo: Reuters
A dead fish floats in water filled with blue-green algae at the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei. Photo: Reuters
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