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You might be right that the physical distribution plays a role, but the partial selective pressure of insecticide is like a resistance-generating machine -- as
by timr 1y ago
You might be right that the physical distribution plays a role, but the partial selective pressure of insecticide is like a resistance-generating machine -- as anyone who has tried to kill cockroaches will tell you.
Regardless, I think we both agree that the extremely unnatural pressures of industrial agriculture are a root
cause here.
- GeekyBear 1y agoCertainly. For example, Scandinavian countries that have made a concerted effort to only prescribe antibiotics to humans when they are medically necessary saw the genes for antibiotic resistance becoming less prevalent. Unfortunately, America still allows agribusiness to feed livestock a constant stream of lower dose antibiotics, because doing so makes animals more efficient at turning feed into muscle.