Drug overuse in cattle imperils human health

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.adn.com/2012/12/09/2716739/drug-overuse-in-cattle-imperils.html (reprinted from the Kansas City Star) (Long article, but worth reading)

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Numerous strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria already have begun cropping up. Earlier this year, a lab in Arizona discovered a strain of antibiotic-resistant MRSA in retail meat. MRSA, a staph infection, can cause abscesses and lesions.

The lab, the Translation Genomics Research Institute, published a study that showed that bacteria jumped from humans to livestock and back.

“Our findings underscore the potential public health risks of widespread antibiotic use in food animal production,” the study noted.

In Joplin last year, 13 of the 900 people injured in the deadly tornado suffered from fungal and other infections after contaminated dirt and debris was blown into their wounds, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Five of the 13 died, and three of those deaths listed fungal infections as a “primary or contributing cause,” the study said.

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Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/12/09/2716739/drug-overuse-in-cattle-imperils.html#storylink=cpy




Between GMOs and antibiotic-laden meat, what the hell are we supposed to eat? Can't do much gardening in Alaska in December.

[jody]

1. Between GM plants and poison laden meat, how can one choose a healthy diet? nt

[TDale313]

2. somehow this would seem like just common sense,

And yet...

Sigh. Thank you for the post. Important info.