There has been much discussion recently about the use or overuse of antibiotics in the meat that we consume. Researchers say that 80% of all antibiotics used in the U.S. are being used in agriculture, specifically in the raising of poultry and cattle. A recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine "points to mounting evidence that suggests this flood of antibiotics has produced pathogens that are resistant to the medicines, which means they are immune to treatments when humans are infected."
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