Biotech Values

[vinmantoo]

Frightening information from the CDC on why antibiotics are failing:

The pervasive misuse of antibiotics by the agriculture industry also plays a very significant role. Agriculture accounts for about 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the US.

Tens of millions of pounds of antibiotics are administered to American livestock each year for purposes other than treating disease, such as making the animals grow bigger faster. The antibiotic residues in meat and dairy, as well as the resistant bacteria, are then passed on to you in the foods you eat. As just one example, no less than 80 different antibiotics are allowed in cows' milk.

Europe has put in place strict rules about the use of antibiotics in agriculture. The US has also altered policy as an FDA rule change to limit antibiotic use in animals went into effect on Jan 1, 2017. Whether or not such rules remain in place after the change in administration happens is unlikely in my view given their disdain for science and regulations designed to help protect people when it costs businesses some cash.


http://www.wiscontext.org/antibiotic-resistance-concerns-spur-changes-animal-feeding-practices