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Farm Antibiotics Make Us Sick

Farm lobby resists attempts to regulate drug use

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2012 2:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – Why are people getting sick and dying from antibiotic-resistant infections? In part because of the food we buy at the supermarket, advocates say. With the farm industry buying most of America's antibiotics, and pumping it into animals like chickens and pigs, we may be...   Read full story »

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