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Posted May 15, 2009 at 7:28 am by Ian Byington
An estimated 70 percent of antibiotics and related drugs produced in this country are used for non-therapeutic purposes such as accelerating animal growth and compensating for overcrowded and unsanitary conditions on ‘factory farms.’ This translates to … almost eight times the amount given to humans to treat disease.
Union of Concerned Scientists
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