Livestock Antibiotics: It is our diet

As the Seattle P-I's Andrew Schneider reported, routine use of antibiotics in livestock feed could be fueling resistant bugs. The Pew Commission of Industrial Farm Animal Production recently recommended banning antibiotics' use to promote animal growth rather than to treat infections.

Doctors limit kids' antibiotics. Though agribusiness would squeal, farm animals need controls, too. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Short but cogent opinion regarding the feeding of antibiotics to animals in our food chain, with a link to more information on the subject. The science being applied to our food supply is evolving threats to our health much faster than we can evolve our health defenses to resist those threats. Is population growth forcing us toward self destruction to feed our masses?

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