Here at Marilu.com we believe that everyone should educate themselves and choose their lifestyle based on the best information out there. Here's something recently released by The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine regarding the U.S. Regulation of antimicrobials in agriculture. Did you know that in 2009 approximatley 90 million pounds of antibiotics went to farm animals, and that 70 percent of that was administered subtherapeutically?
It makes you wonder how that affects your own reaction to antibiotics when you're ingesting them through your late night snack or your Sunday brunch.
We're all responsible for our own decisions. Read the full article and have a little more knowledge on which to base yours.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/animal-agriculture-us-regulation-antimicrobials
Published on September 23, 2011 22:01