Antibiotics on the farm are banned in the EU for anything but treating infections. This seems to be a largely an American problem. The real problem is that Am

Antibiotics on the farm are banned in the EU for anything but treating infections. This seems to be a largely an American problem. The real problem is that American politics are broken and adding even sane common-sense regulation against a mountain of lobbyists and corrupt politicians is an uphill battle that usually ends in failure (patent reform bill recently) or various compromises that kill any chance of the bill being very effective (ACA). I think the US is a case study in how this level of "direct democracy" usually gets gamed by monied interests.