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Only one thing makes it worth routinely feeding antibiotics to livestock; profit at any cost.

A few farms use most of the antibiotics, and — surprise! — bee gut bacteria too share their resistance.

The Salt, at NPR, asks: Is The Tide Of Antibiotic Use On Farms Now Turning? and gives the lie to my standard view that the answer to any question in a headline is always “No! The Food And Drug Administration released its annual accounting of antibiotics sold in America for use in poultry, pigs and […]

Further proof that antibiotic use on farms harms humans

Playing fast and loose with data is a sure sign that people know they’re wrong. Defenders of antibiotics in agriculture are no exception.