Recent studies reveal that antibiotic drugs used mainly in animals are showing up in public waters.See "Factory Farming factory farming System of modern animal farming designed to yield the most meat, milk, and eggs in the least amount of time and space possible. The term, descriptive of standard farming practice in the U.S. in the Developing World," May/June 2003, p. 10 Recent studies reveal that antibiotic antibiotic, any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms. Types of Antibiotics drugs used mainly in animals are showing up in public waters (Colorado State University Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a veterinary teaching hospital, an agricultural campus, and a research campus. ), that there is a connection between the use of antibiotics in food animals and antibiotic resistance antibiotic resistance, n the ability of certain strains of microorganisms to develop resistance to antibiotics. antibiotic resistance in bacteria taken from humans (Centers for Disease Control), and that people breathing the air in industrial pig-farming facilities can be exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Bloomberg School of Public Health). Visit www.worldwatch.org/ww/to access these and other archived editions of World Watch. |
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