Animals Raised for Food Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in U.S.

008 003 (1) 80 percent of antibiotics go to farm animalsThe farm industry uses antibiotics for growth promotion, disease prevention and to try to control the diseases that inevitably result from the brutal, cruel and filthy conditions animals are forced to endure on factory farms. To read the full article:

The over use of antibiotics in animals is creating super bugs. Read this article from NPR: In Meat Tests, More Data Tying Human Illness To Farm

It is always best to buy hormone free and antibiotic free meat and poultry.

 

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