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Re:The Age of the Superbug Is Here by dharmach on Thursday September 22, 2016 @03:57PM (#12559822)
"Approximately 80 percent of the antibiotics sold in the United States are used in meat and poultry production.2 The vast majority is used on healthy animals to promote growth, or prevent disease in crowded or unsanitary conditions."

https://consumersunion.org/news/the-overuse-of-antibiotics-i...

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Re:The Age of the Superbug Is Here by alkonaut on Thursday September 22, 2016 @05:14PM (#12560421)
Exactly. It happens almost everywhere. I claim moral superiority coming from a place where there are no over-the-counter antibiotics and none used in healthy livestock :)
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Re:The Age of the Superbug Is Here by IndianAstronaut on Friday September 23, 2016 @12:17AM (#12562267)
We spend so many billions in subsidies to farmers, I wonder why we can't push them to adopt better growing and animal husbandry practices.
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