World Health Organization says that we are facing "a post antibiotic era".

Heathersdad

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Posted 5/14/2015 10:01 PM (GMT 0)

Dr. Mercola cautions against eating certain kinds of foods that contain antibiotics. According to him, antibiotic resistance will change the practice of much of modern medicine as we know it:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/05/12/cafo-chicken-antibiotics.aspx?e_cid=20150512Z1_DNL_art_2&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art2&utm_campaign=20150512Z1&et_cid=DM74659&et_rid=949193083

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Posted 5/14/2015 11:38 PM (GMT 0)

Not surprising. They've been used so freely for so long, especially in animal rearing. It's just a part of their meal every day, but some are becoming aware of the problems that has caused. Using them for viral infections has been a waste for many years too.

Pirouette

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Posted 5/17/2015 1:39 AM (GMT 0)

Huffington Post has done a good job of covering antibiotics research and overuse… Just a few examples:
www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-fothergill-phd/superbugs_b_4709723.html
www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-fothergill-phd/antibiotic-research_b_4784234.html

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/21/antibiotics-meat_n_6916932.html

Tyson is supposed to "cut".

Although in March, McDonald's announced it will stop buying chicken raised w/ abx.
/www.google.com/url?q=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/mcdonalds-chicken-antibiotics_n_6801642.html&sa=U&ei=0fFXVYPPMYGasQWyhYDoBg&ved=0CAgQFjABOAo&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNGUn08rJKR_h9DhPAgeDiX0L5K_4A

www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/24/antibiotic-resistance-herbicides-heavy-metals_n_6935626.html

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