Superbugs: The Dark Side of India’s Drug Boom

Superbugs: The Dark Side of India’s Drug Boom

India is one of the world’s largest producers of antibiotics. The billion-dollar industry helps make affordable drugs for millions of people — but it comes at a steep price. VICE News travels to Hyderabad, India's pharma capital, to see how the pollution from pharmaceutical factories is contributing to antibiotic resistance, which makes common illnesses increasingly hard to treat and risks giving rise to the next “superbug.” Watch "India's Mental Health Crisis” - http://bit.ly/1Vn6ioA Read "Medicine in India: 'Qualified Quacks' and a Baffling Drug Landscape” - http://bit.ly/1Lt16i8 Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook:   / vicenews   Twitter:   / vicenews   Tumblr:   / vicenews   Instagram:   / vicenews   More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideos