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Factory Farmed Animals Hog All The Antibiotics

70% of the antibiotics produced in the US go to animals that are not sick.  Amassed together in small spaces, diseases can flourish and rapidly spread to all of the confined animals so the purveyors of Concentrated Animal Feed Operations (CAFOs)  use them as a preventative measure, but also to stimulate growth.  Both practices are [...]

July 15, 2009  Tags: agriculture, bacon, Barack Obama, change, farmers, food safety, Health, heroes, policy  Posted in: Health, Politics, Science & Technology  One Comment

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