New Push to Limit Agricultural Antibiotic Use
A coalition of food safety and environmental advocacy groups are pushing to limit the use of antibiotics on American farms. Last year, American researchers released a startling report documenting the…
Superbugs Still a Major Threat
According to recent reports, the threat of drug-resistant superbugs in still an ongoing problem across the United States, with food activists, biologists, and immunologists blaming the agricultural use of antibiotics…
FDA to Address Agricultural Antibiotic Use
In recent weeks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signaled a major change to its policies on the use of antibiotics on U.S. farm animals. Currently, humans consume only about…
Vilsack Waffles on Antibiotic Use
Earlier this week, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made a statement that seemed to endorse a change in USDA policy governing the use of antibiotics in livestock. The statement generated…