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04/26/2017 / By Tracey Watson

McDonald’s says providing antibiotic-free beef “too quickly” will cause meat shortages

McDonald’s is the single biggest purchaser of beef in the U.S. and is also a major pork buyer. This fact bestows a serious responsibility upon the company, since misuse of antibiotics in the agricultural sector has led to antibiotic resistance, placing mankind on the brink of what the United Nations calls a “post-antibiotic era.” Over 2 […]

07/19/2016 / By Vicki Batts

Warning: Drug-resistant bacterial apocalypse is on the horizon

Antibiotics have undoubtedly saved countless lives since their introduction in the 1930s. However, due to the mass utilization of antibiotics to fatten up livestock, these once curative drugs are becoming more and more useless as the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grows. A report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antibiotics calls for the cessation […]

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