In a new study, a team of U.K. researchers found a surprising health risk associated with surfing: a higher likelihood of carrying antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Past research has shown that surfers swallow much more sea water than swimmers and other water lovers. “The big question for us was, well, so what?” says Anne Leonard, an epidemiologist at the University of Exeter Medical School and the researcher behind that 2015 research and the new study.
