Antibiotic-resistant infections: are you at risk? (Food & Water Watch)

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Factory farms are a breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Every single day, factory farms are feeding their animals regular, low doses of antibiotics to make them grow faster and to prevent disease in filthy, crowded living conditions, creating superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics. In fact, the factory farming industry uses a whopping 80% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. They're allowed to play by their own rules when it comes to antibiotics, while we suffer the consequences.

That's why Food & Water Watch has launched this campaign to stop factory farms from abusing antibiotics. Our members of Congress won't act unless we spread the word and build public pressure to convince our lawmakers to to pass federal legislation to save antibiotics and save lives.

The first step in the campaign to save antibiotics: tell your members of Congress to support legislation to end the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms.