Study warns of E.coli risk for swimmers

Sea swimmers, surfers and water skiers may be at risk of picking up antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a British study suggests.

Scientists at the University of Exeter warned of the danger after analysing data from beaches across England and Wales in 2012.

They focused on a strain of the Escherichia coli (E.coli) bug resistant to an important class of antibiotics called third-generation cephalosporins, or 3GCs.