New York Times – EDITORIAL: Antibiotics Off the Farm
Published: April 15, 2012
“…Last Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration issued new regulatory guidelines, as part of an effort to get drug companies, animal producers and veterinarians to rein in indiscriminate use of antibiotics that are important for treating humans. There is a lot of reining in to do — about 80 percent of all antibiotics sold in the United States are used in animals, the vast majority to promote rapid weight gain, not to treat sick animals…..
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/opinion/antibiotics-off-the-farm.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
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