Antibiotic Resistance

Superbugs Threatening More Children, 'Supermoms' Targeting Antibiotic Use On Farms

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Mrsa, Superbugs, X Factor, Fda, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Green News

Everly Macario recalls the "primal shriek" her son released one fateful April morning in 2004. By the end of the day, Simon Sparrow, who had not yet t...

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The Worst Environmental Pollutant: Antibiotics?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Factory Farms, Antibiotic Resistance, Factory Farming, Pollution, Livestock, Water Pollution, E. Coli, Mrsa, Green News

Waste from people, pets, pigs and even seagulls may be playing a significant role in the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections, including methicilli...

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

Richard Schiffman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics Food, Food Safety, Public Health Food, Antibiotics Fda, Antibiotics Chicken, Antibiotics Food Safety, Antibiotics Poultry, Green News

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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WATCH: Bug-Like Virus Stabs Germs With Tiny Needle

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Video, Bacteriophage, Antibiotics, Salmonella, Coliform, Viruses, Slidepollajax, Germs, Science News

It's the smallest armor-piercing weapon in the biological universe. That's how some have described the microscopic "needle" that a family of odd-l...

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The One Gold Medal We Don't Want to Win: U.S. Leads the Way in Breeding Antibiotic-Resistant Disease

Andrew Gunther | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics, Norway, E. Coli, Pink Slime, Lftb, World Health Organization, Olympics, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Natural Resources Defense Council, Union of Concerned Scientists, Public Citizen, Fda, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Growth Promoters, Food News

We use more antibiotics per kilogram of meat produced than any other nation in the world -- and we use 12 times as much as the country using the least, Norway.

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Superbug Suit: FDA To Address Antibiotic Overuse In Livestock, Protect Public Health

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Farming, Farming, Factory Farming, Nrdc, Mrsa, Antibiotics, Fda, Infections, Green News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration must act on scientific knowledge that the overuse of antibiotics in food animals has contributed to the rise of ...

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'Green News Report' - March 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.20.2012

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'Green News Report' - February 28, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.29.2012

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Antibiotics in Your Food: What You Need To Know

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics in Meat, Superbugs, Green News

During the height of the cold weather months, people count on antibiotics to fight bacterial infections. What they may not know is that current overuse of antibiotics is making bacteria more rapidly resistant to "essential antibiotics."

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What Is the Key to a Realistic Theory of Evolution?

James A. Shapiro | Posted 04.17.2012

Was Darwin simply mistaken about the gradual nature of hereditary variation? Such ignorance would be unavoidable before we knew about Mendelian genetics and DNA. Or was there a deeper flaw in the theory that he (and Alfred Russell Wallace) propounded?

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Going Hog Wild: Weaning Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Out Of Pork

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Staph Infection, Organic Food, Livestock, Agriculture, Superbugs, Mrsa, Pigs, Cafo, Antibiotics, Pork, Green News

After nearly succumbing to an antibiotic-resistant infection contracted from one of his hogs, Russ Kremer went cold turkey. He exterminated his diseas...

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What Are Superbugs Doing In Antarctica?

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistance, Antarctica Bacteria, Video, E. Coli Antarctica, E-Coli, E. Coli Outbreak, E. Coli, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Green News

From Russell McLendon and Mother Nature Network: Escherichia coli bacteria, better-known as E. coli, are common in the lower intestines of humans. ...

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Treating a World Without Antibiotics?

Stanley M. Bergman | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics, Bacteria, Antibiotics Resistance, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Science News

Because of the overuse of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance is developing all of the time. With microbial evolution outpacing human invention, a nightmare scenario is possible. And this isn't just science fiction.

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Despite New Rule on Livestock Antibiotics, Infection Risks Still Plague Workers, Communities

Michelle Chen | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Factory Farms, Antibiotic Resistance, Industrial Agriculture, Public Health Food, Environment Health, Food Safety Chicken, FDA Obama, Antibiotics Health, Agriculture Food, Green News

Massive amounts of medicine continue to circulate through our food system. The issue of antibiotic resistance isn't about medicines or animals, but about the relationship between people and what we eat.

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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria From the Fukushima Nuclear Accident?

Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 03.10.2012

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Could the radiation that will be contaminating the environment surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant for hundreds of years produce bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics?

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Antibiotic Use In Farm Animals Still Broadly Unaddressed Despite 'Fanfare' For FDA Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Farming, Infectious Diseases, Livestock, Superbugs, Mrsa, Antibiotics, Factory Farms, Fda, Cephalosporins, Green News

The Food and Drug Administration's latest move concerning the use of antibiotics in farm animals garnered a good deal of praise last week, but public ...

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The FDA Fails the Public on Antibiotics Once Again

Andrew Gunther | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Fda Regulations, Animal Antibiotics, Fda Animals Antibiotics, Fda Antibiotics, Fda Lobbying, Antibiotics Animals, Cephalosporin Animals, Big Agriculture, Cephalosporin Fda, Food News

While the FDA's decision to curb the use of cephalosporins in food animal production has been hailed as positive step, forgive me if you don't see me jumping for joy.

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'Green News Report' - January 5, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.06.2012

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There's A 25% Chance Your Ground Meat Has A Potentially Fatal Bacteria

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Use, Antibiotic Resistance, Ground Meat, Video, Ground Meat Bacteria, Antibiotics, Bacteria, Mark Bittman, Antibiotics in Meat, Food News

Mark Bittman has yet another fascinating column in the New York Times, this time on the prevalence of bacteria in meat. He discusses a study that anal...

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FDA Takes A 'Step Backwards' On Antibiotic Resistance Issue, Raises More Public Health Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Animal Feed, Livestock, Nrdc, Agriculture, Mrsa, Antibiotics, Food Safety, Fda, Green News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday its withdrawal of a decades-old proposal to limit the use of antibiotics in animal feed, a mo...

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What's in Your Christmas Ham?

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Pamta, Antibiotic Resistance, Sustainable Agriculture, Christmas, Superbugs, Food News

Before you sit down to your holiday ham this season, think on this -- nearly half of pigs on U.S. farms carry MRSA, a "super bug" that causes all kinds of tough-to-treat infections.

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Stopping Superbugs: Time for Congress and Industry to Catch Up With American Consumers

David Wallinga, M.D. | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics, Sustainable Agriculture, Animal Antibiotics, Sustainable Food, Antibiotics in Meat, Chipotle, Farms, Green News

Today, American farmers raising animals without antibiotics do so despite policies that point them in the opposite direction. With this handicap, who will win out in the race to feed the global consumer who increasingly wants their meat antibiotic free?

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Do You Know Where Your Turkey's Been?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Holidays, Green Holiday, Turkey, Thanksgiving, Factory Farms, The Infection Loop, Fda, Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Food, Mrsa, Superbugs, Turkey Antibiotics, Louise Slaughter, Antibiotics, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture, Green News

As families across America adorn their dinner tables with plump, juicy turkeys this Thursday, they've likely given little thought to what their future...

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Why Some Bacteria Are Able To Fight Off Antibiotics

| Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Antibiotic Resistance, Video, Antibiotics, Bacteria Antibiotic Resistance, Bacteria Antibiotics, Oxidative Stress Bacteria, Bacteria Antibiotic Resistant, Drug Resistant Bacteria, Healthy Living News

By Katherine Harmon (Click here for the original article) The superbug MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) has provoked fear in doc...

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Chicago Schools Buy 1.2 Million Pounds of Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Organic Authority.com | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic-Free Chicken, Chicago Schools Chicken, Antibiotics Livestock, Food News

Students attending Chicago, Illinois public schools will be among the nation's first large metropolitan area to be served school meals containing local chicken raised without the use of antibiotics.

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