Glia
07-10-2012, 04:41 PM
and out of our environment, too. This is another stealth fiasco in progress driven by corporatocracy, industrialized food production, and short-term thinking.
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Today, a full 80 percent of all antibiotics are used on livestock, and this massive overprescription is breeding new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and reducing the overall effectiveness of antibiotics.
Even the FDA admits the problem. So it was all the more disappointing when the FDA issued new rules in April that allow factory farms to continue overusing antibiotics, making compliance totally voluntary.
The FDA is accepting comments on the new rule until Thursday. Please join me in urging the FDA to pass a stronger, mandatory standard that keeps antibiotics out of our food:
https://act.credoaction.com/campaign/fda_comments/?r_by=43054-2355528-jTqnEwx&rc=confemail
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Today, a full 80 percent of all antibiotics are used on livestock, and this massive overprescription is breeding new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and reducing the overall effectiveness of antibiotics.
Even the FDA admits the problem. So it was all the more disappointing when the FDA issued new rules in April that allow factory farms to continue overusing antibiotics, making compliance totally voluntary.
The FDA is accepting comments on the new rule until Thursday. Please join me in urging the FDA to pass a stronger, mandatory standard that keeps antibiotics out of our food:
https://act.credoaction.com/campaign/fda_comments/?r_by=43054-2355528-jTqnEwx&rc=confemail