Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Antibiotics In Meat On The Rise

... researchers found antibiotic use in livestock will likely rise 67 percent by 2030 if livestock conditions don't improve. About 80 percent of antibiotics sold in the United States go to livestock. Antibiotic resistance not only applies to the animals, but it can affect the humans eating the meat. The researchers found pig farmers producing pork and bacon use four times as many antibiotics as cattle farmers.

One of the major reasons farmers are having to use more and more antibiotics is that demand for meat is going up, and animals are often subjected to smaller and smaller living quarters, where disease can spread.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/03/22/Antibiotics-in-meat-on-the-rise-worldwide-especially-bacon/1141427062677/

Combine this situation with the mess from GMO food, and things are starting to look pretty bleak.

We are what we eat, and we're eating shit.

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