Friday, September 4, 2009

Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock

The Obama administration wants to "ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals" due to concerns over antibiotic resistant bacteria. The move has support from the American Medical Association as well as the Union for Concerned Scientists, but agribusiness lobbyists will be fighting against it tooth and nail. I hope this doesn't lead to more open house shenanigans...

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