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Study: Herbicides Used with GM Crops Alter Antibiotic Resistance of Disease-causing Bacteria

A 2015 study was published looking at the effects of three widely used herbicides on disease-causing bacteria and their susceptibility to antibiotics. The three herbicides are dicamba, 2,4-D (recently approved by the U.S. EPA), and glyphosate. In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, they researches found that these popular herbicides affected the bacteria responded to antibiotics, often developing a resistance to them.

Study: Herbicides Used with GM Crops Alter Antibiotic Resistance of Disease-causing Bacteria

Headline, Traditional Agriculture

Study: Herbicides Used with GM Crops Alter Antibiotic Resistance of Disease-causing Bacteria