text: **Biological agents have always**been a risk at workplaces in several sectors, particularly in health and 
  care, in agriculture and the food industry, in laboratories, and in wastewater treatment, waste disposal 
  and recycling. Also, climate change will raise the risks from biological agents in Europe, due to the 
  expected warming that allows biological agents from tropical and subtropical regions to migrate to 
  Europe. 296 An increasing resistance of bacteria towards antibiotic treatment is a particular risk in 
  hospitals and care institutions. 