Bad Bugs, From Farm to Us: Curtailing Antibiotic Overuse in Agriculture With ever-increasing microbial resistance to our ever-challenged arsenal of antibiotics, clearly we need to do everything possible to stay ahead in the Darwinian race between bacterial pathogens and humanity. One intervention, increasingly indicated by research and supported by many reputable health organizations, is to decrease the massive prophylactic and growth-promoting use of antibiotics in the production of food, primarily meat. September 4, 2012 Public Health, San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member Lester Breslow, Philip Lee, Antibiotic overuse 0 0 Comment Read More »
