Lee DunaSuperbugs are on the rise. How can we prevent antibiotics from becoming obsolete?
DjennikOn driving factor is the (over)use of antibiotics in animal agriculture:
“Over 70 percent of antibiotics sold in the United States are given to livestock, including cattle, which translates to significant human health impacts.”
“Antibiotic resistance in cattle does not only affect the health of the cattle, it impacts people as well because many of the antibiotics given to cattle are also used in human medicine. Eating meat or consuming milk from an animal with antibiotic-resistant bacteria may infect a human with that same resistant bacteria”
Citations: National Geographic
The Wikipedia article is also very comprehensive and nuanced: en.wikipedia.org/…/Antibiotic_use_in_livestock
