Mihir Sharma, Columnist

Is Indian Pharma Breeding Superbugs?

Badly handled waste from factories may be creating petri dishes for drug-resistant bacteria.

November 3, 2016 at 10:35 PM UTC

Mihir Sharma is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, he is author of “Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy.”

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Here’s a terrifying thought: A toxic stew of corporate neglect, lax regulators and a defensive government might be turning India’s water bodies into breeding grounds for drug-resistant “superbugs.” This, certainly, is what a series of recent reports and studies have suggested. And the Indian government’s response to the reports won’t set many minds at rest.

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