New Report Underscores Need For Congressional Action To Limit Antibiotic Use In Animal Agriculture

A new report by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (http://www.pcifap.org) documents the perils of antibiotic use in factory farms and the many strains of antibiotic-resistant E-Coli, Salmonella, Camphylobacter, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and other bacteria that these facilities cause. The report release comes a few days after Tyson Foods and the U.S.

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Filed under: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture on February 7th, 2008