The new “superbugs”: Cockroaches evolve resistance to pesticides they haven't even encountered

It's bad enough that bacteria are quickly developing resistance to our best antibiotics – now it looks like another kind of bug will soon earn the "super" moniker. Cockroaches have been known to develop resistances to individual insecticides for decades, but new research has shown that they're also able to rapidly develop cross-resistance, even to chemicals that they've never been directly exposed to.

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Category: Science

Tags:

• Evolution
• Insect
• Pests
• Poisons
• Purdue University
• Resistant

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