Public release date: 11-Jan-2008

In the latest issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Swedish researchers report that birds captured in the hyperboreal tundra, in connection with the tundra expedition “Beringia 2005,” were carriers of antibiotics-resistant bacteria. These findings indicate that resistance to antibiotics has spread into nature, which is an alarming prospect for future health care.

“Our findings show that resistance to antibiotics is not limited to society and hospitals but is now spreading into the wild. Escalating resistance to antibiotics over the last few years has crystallized into one of the greatest threats to well-functioning health care in the future.”

Ralph’s Note – I issue this warning on a continuous basis. Global warming should be a second priorty to man made genetic alterations on the environment. Changing the bacterial structure of living organisms can have immediate and dire cosenquences. That can have disasterous effects in  matter of days not decades.