Tag: Antibiotics
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You have 100 trillion microbes on your body right now.
A lot of readers were worried to learn that resistance to antibiotics now kills more people than AIDS , but while the evolution of superbugs is certainly a problem, it's good to remember that not all bacteria are bad.
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Will killing horses in the US reduce their suffering?
Writing in Bloomberg, Marc Champion has a thought-provoking, but controversial take on horse meat, noting that the ban of horse slaughterhouses in the US has increased suffering for the animals. Is that a case for killing them here?
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Resistance to antibiotics now kills more people than AIDS
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) has reintroduced to Congress the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act which aims to reduce the use of human antibiotics in animals and keep them working for human medicine.
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Soil Microbes Go Beyond Antibiotic Resistance to Eating Antibiotics
Superbugs that can survive antibiotics have become a major concern. Now nature has gone a step further: some microbes lunch on antibiotics
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Wasted Bird: Americans Toss $282 Million Worth of Uneaten Turkey Annually
Thanksgiving is one of the most wasteful days of the year.
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Antibiotic Overuse Highest in the South and Midwest
The elderly especially have the most unneeded antibiotic prescriptions written in the South and Midwest.
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Sausage Paradox: Residual Antibiotics Increase Foodborne Disease Risk
Researchers have found another drawback with antibiotic residuals in factory farmed meat.
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USDA To Examine the Validity of Misrepresented "Antibiotic-Free" Labeling
Consumers are more and more interested in antibiotic-free products meaning manufacturers may try and pull the wool over their eyes.
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Win for Chemical Industry as Regulators Forced to Raise Safety Threshold for DDAC
Disinfectant suppliers declare the safety of DDAC as the threat of empty grocery shelves force revision of regulatory thesholds
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Industry-Wide Survey of Food Manufacturers Shows Antibiotic Overuse is Still the Norm
Food manufacturers are slow to change practices regarding antibiotic use in food.
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TreeHugger Radio #203: Penguins on the Rebound, Ford’s New Electric, and the Future of Food in a World That’s Cooking
Jacob and Brian look at the top green news from the pages of TreeHugger.
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FDA Issues New “Sweeping Rule” To Reduce Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
New FDA rules says farmers needs a veterinarian prescription for antibiotics.
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Chickens Fed Caffeine, Banned Antibiotics, and Prozac Often Without The Farmer’s Knowledge
Factory farmed chicken feed is laced with arsenic, prozac, tylenol, and caffeine -- and the farmers don't necessarily know, reports new study.
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Federal Court Judge Rules: FDA Must Follow Its Own Antibiotic Overuse Order
Judge Theodore Katz rules that FDA must enforce rule limiting the use of certain antibiotics.
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Could Treating Superbugs Like Rare Diseases Save Us From Crisis?
The Infectious Diseases Society of America wants the FDA to treat superbugs like rare diseases.
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Chipotle CEO Testifies Before Congress to Curb Antibiotic Use in Livestock
Chipotle CEO Steve Ells testified before Congress in favor of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act.
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New Disinfection Technology Beats Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Can Kill Bedbugs Too
Using environmentally friendly chemistry, the newly patented technology claims an unprecedented 99.9999% kill rate
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FDA To Reject Antibiotic Ban
The FDA rejects a petition to ban the use of some antibiotics important to human health.
