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Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps by pyre on Friday September 02, 2016 @11:58AM (#12413903)
Flooding them with antibiotics isn't just to "keep them alive." It makes them grow bigger (i.e. more meat to sell means more money). This is a big part of the resistance to ending the practice too.
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Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps by tmd83 on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:31PM (#12415616)
Do you mean the antibiotics keeps them healthy and in turn bigger or antibiotics has some growth hormone type effect?
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Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps by pkroll on Friday September 02, 2016 @09:18PM (#12417243)
It makes them grow bigger, like a growth hormone effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_use_in_livestock
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Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps by zzalpha on Saturday September 03, 2016 @01:52AM (#12417952)
And the best part is, no one knows why.
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