AlterNet / By Martha Rosenberg
The Overuse of Antibiotics in Livestock Feed Is Killing Us
Over 70,000 Americans die each year because of antibiotic resistance, thanks to the overuse of antibiotics in medical treatments, factory farming and soaps.
The 2000s were go-go years for antibiotic resistance. Thanks to the over prescription of antibiotics in medical settings and the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in concentrated animal feeding operations (or CAFOs), we’ve aided the emergence of ‘superbugs’ — or drug resistance microorganisms. Antibiotic resistance (AR) has led to the deaths of 70,000 Americans a year.
http://www.alternet.org/story/145272/the_overuse_of_antibiotics_in_livestock_feed_is_killing_us
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