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"Approximately 80 percent of the antibiotics sold in the United States are used in meat and poultry production.2 The vast majority is used on healthy animals t
by dharmach 10y ago
"Approximately 80 percent of the antibiotics sold in the United States are used in meat and poultry production.2 The vast majority is used on healthy animals to promote growth, or prevent disease in crowded or unsanitary conditions."
https://consumersunion.org/news/the-overuse-of-antibiotics-in-food-animals-threatens-public-health-2/ https://consumersunion.org/news/the-overuse-of-antibiotics-i...
- alkonaut 10y agoExactly. It happens almost everywhere. I claim moral superiority coming from a place where there are no over-the-counter antibiotics and none used in healthy livestock :)
- IndianAstronaut 10y agoWe spend so many billions in subsidies to farmers, I wonder why we can't push them to adopt better growing and animal husbandry practices.