Review of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment and Its Relevance to Environmental Regulators

The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and control many of the pathways responsible for the release of resistance-driving chemicals into the environment (e.g., antimicrobials, metals, and biocides). Hence, environmental regulators should be contributing significantly to the development of global and national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) action plans. It is argued that the lack of environment-facing mitigation actions included in existing AMR action plans is likely a function of our poor fundamental understanding of many of the key issues. Here, we aim to present the problem…

• DF
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
• SR
  Sight Research UK

  Awards: ceh020006, ceh020007, ceh020008, ceh020010, NE/N019687/1
• NE
  Natural Environment Research Council

  Awards: ceh020008, ceh020007, ceh020006, ceh020010, NE/N019687/1