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> This is why antibiotics resistance is a problem in many parts of the world. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are more of an agriculturally-induced problem than
by t-3 2y ago
> This is why antibiotics resistance is a problem in many parts of the world.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are more of an agriculturally-induced problem than a non-farmer-human-induced problem. Almost all commercial livestock are pumped full of antibiotics to make them fat, according to estimates ~2x the amount of antibiotics are used for animals as for humans.
- arp242 2y agoI'm just going by Wikipedia, but it's not clear to me that it's the reason for antibiotic resistance in humans, rather than a reason. Also, "livestock pumped full of antibiotics to make them fat" has been banned in the EU since 2006.
- t-3 2y agoIt's also supposed to be regulated in the US, but that hasn't reduced the use of them much.