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study after study has shown that antimicrobial resistance follows quickly the introduction of new drugs on factory farms.e.g,in 1995, when the FDA approved fluoroquinolones for chicken ,the percentage of bacteria resistant to this new drug rose from almost zero to 18% by 2002.another study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed 8 fold increase in resistance from 1992 to 1997,linked to antibiotic use in chicken

in the United States ,about 3 million pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year, but a whopping 17.8 million pounds are fed to livestock _at least that what the industry claims.The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has shown that the industry underreported its antibiotic use by at least 40%. The UCS calculated 24.6 million pounds of antibiotic were fed to farmed animals,counting Nontheraputic use Only.

in the United States ,about 3 million pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year, but a whopping 17.8 million pounds are fed to livestock _at least that what the industry claims.The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has shown that the industry underreported its antibiotic use by at least 40%. The UCS calculated 24.6 million pounds of antibiotic were fed to farmed animals,counting Nontheraputic use Only.