The European Centre for Environment & Human Health
The Centre is celebrating a Decade of Discovery as we mark our Tenth Anniversary. We conduct world-class research into the complex links between the environment and human health. Part of the University of Exeter Medical School and supported by funding from the European Union, we’re analysing the risks and benefits the environment poses to health, and ensuring our findings have relevance to the UK’s business community.
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This includes work done by @dr_anne_leonard who did the surfer study and focuses on AMR transmission in coastal waters, and @AimeeKMurray who works on selection for AMR at low antibiotic concs. Also Lihong Zhang who works on all our NERC projects. #ExerterAmr #WAAW https://twitter.com/NERCscience/status/1463163467502964741
Antibiotic-resistant E.coli enters the UK's coastal waters from agricultural and sewage runoff.
Research funded by NERC & ERDF @UniofExeter found surfers' guts were up to 3x more likely to have antibiotic-resistant E.coli compared to non-surfers: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_631842_en.html
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