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What percentage of antibiotics used in industrial animal farms are still patented, and what's the profit margin and net profit from those antibiotics at biotech
by harshreality 13y ago
What percentage of antibiotics used in industrial animal farms are still patented, and what's the profit margin and net profit from those antibiotics at biotech companies?
- anon1385 13y agoFarms use the majority of antibiotics: http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/07/what-usda-doesnt-want-you-know-about-antibiotics-and-factory-farms http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/07/what-usda-do... Altogether, the US meat industry uses 29 million pounds of antibiotics every year. To put that number in perspective, consider that we humans in the United States—in all of our prescription fill-ups and hospital stays combined—use just over 7 million pounds per year. Thus the vast bulk of antibiotics consumed in this country, some 80 percent, goes to factory animal farms.