Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Human Health, Antibiotics and Industrial Farms

chickenfeedH.R. 1549, the Preservation of Antibiotics For Medical Treatment Act of 2009  now under consideration by the House, would limit the amount of antibiotics that can be used on factory animal farms.  “The farm lobby’s opposition makes its passage unlikely,” The New York Times reported Monday.

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1 comment:

  1. to stop ntibiotic use they would have to clean up their act, of course they dont want to do that , or loose the growth promoting effect either, we the consumers are last consideration, Tyson has a lot of bought and paid congress reps.

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