Antibiotics Food

Guess What Drugs and Illegal Substances Are Showing Up in Chicken?

Richard Schiffman | Posted 04.30.2012

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Richard Schiffman

Antibiotic-resistant infections kill tens of thousands of people every year, and the problem is on the rise because antibiotics are recklessly overused, especially in the commercial livestock industry, where 80% of all antibiotics manufactured in the U.S. end up.

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Part II: Antibiotics Injected Directly Into Eggs and Other Big Pharma Secrets

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 04.18.2012

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Martha Rosenberg

It was not a great surprise that the FDA's new cephalosporin livestock rules have the Agribusiness Seal of Approval. It was Big Pharma and Agribusiness lobbying that killed its stronger cephalosporin rules issued four years after.

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Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably!

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 04.15.2012

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Martha Rosenberg

So far, 2012 is bringing bad news for people who don't want "free antibiotics" in their food. Antibiotics are routinely given to livestock on factory farms to make them gain weight with less feed and keep them from getting sick in confinement conditions.

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Fueling Resistance: Rx. for Trouble

David Wallinga, M.D. | Posted 08.06.2011

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David Wallinga, M.D.

Some producers fermenting corn into ethanol add human antibiotics to their fermentation tanks. Why? To control bacteria in the tanks, which can reduce their yields if they get out of control.

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USDA Admits Link Between Antibiotic Use by Big Ag and Human Health

Andrew Gunther | Posted 11.17.2011

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Andrew Gunther

The USDA, however grudgingly, is finally admitting the link between the use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics in farm animal feed and human drug resistance.

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