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Why don't we have more food irradiation?
by pontifier 14y ago
Why don't we have more food irradiation?
- tptacek 14y agoAntibiotics probably improve yield throughout the process, not just after processing.
- carbocation 14y agoGiving antibiotics to livestock causes them to gain weight. I suspect that this profitable feature is the primary reason that antibiotics are used in cattle. Does anyone in this field have any info to verify or refute?
- twilde 14y agoThe primary reason for anti-biotics is due to the fact that the farmers feed their livestock nutritionally devoid but massively cheaper corn - which weakens the overall immune system. Antibiotics are not needed when "organic" measures are put into place and cows are free range and fed better, nutritionally beneficial foods to begin with. But that's costlier, so, not going to happen on a commercial scale, regardless of how inefficient and unsustainable it is to continue.