The release of antibiotics from wastewater treatment plant and agricultural activities has resulted in aquatic ecosistem pollution.

• Antibiotics have been found in 2/3 o f the world’s rivers.

• Experts expect a 65% increase of drug concentration in water by 2050.

Once in the environment, antibiotics can promote antimicrobial resistance in waterways. This creates new resistant microbe strands, which have the potential to affect ecosystems.

It is already responsible for an estimated 33,000 deaths per year in the EU and costs €1.5 billion per y ear in healthcare costs and productivity losses.