Meats Are Treated With Antibiotics

Cows, Pigs, Chickens Have Drug Problem
By the Editors | Bloomberg

"Much of the beef, pork or chicken we eat contains small amounts of antibiotics. The drugs are fed to animals so they can thrive in the crowded, often-fetid factory farms...

...About 70 percent of the antibiotics sold in the U.S., or 29 million pounds a year, are fed to animals...

...drugs, such as fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins, are front-line treatments for human illnesses such as urinary-tract infections and pneumonia. More and more of the bacteria that cause such diseases have become resistant to the drugs."

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June 20, 2011




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