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'Super bugs' are in dolphins, study says
Associated Press
Published September 2, 2007
MELBOURNE - Dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon carry bacteria in their intestines resistant to many antibiotics, researchers said. The "super bugs" grow in one of every five bottlenose dolphins in the lagoon, scientists from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Fort Pierce reported. The scientists say the bacteria may be entering the lagoon from sewage treatment plants, septic tanks and farm runoff.
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