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Antibiotic use in humans has rarely been a problem, it's the way that "restricted" antibiotics are used on lifestock freely and in large quantities that keeps s
by asuffield 10y ago
Antibiotic use in humans has rarely been a problem, it's the way that "restricted" antibiotics are used on lifestock freely and in large quantities that keeps screwing us over.
- refurb 10y agoThat's absolutely untrue. It's the use in humans that results in resistance in humans. The connection to livestock is pretty tenuous.
- asuffield 10y agoCitation needed. The following sources disagree strongly with your claim: http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.29.020907.090904 http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.publhea... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/sep/19/scientists-antibiotics-animal-agriculture https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/sep/19/scientists-a... http://www.cdc.gov/narms/animals.html http://www.cdc.gov/narms/animals.html
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