EPISODE · Sep 11, 2017 · 7 MIN
Antibiotic-Brined Chicken and Other Bad Ideas From US Farming
from Science, Spoken · host WIRED
These days, the only thing more American than apple pie is eating an animal raised on antibiotics. Eighty percent of antibiotics sold in the US go not to human patients, but to the nation’s plate-bound pigs, cows, turkeys, and chickens. As these wonder drugs became a mainstay of modern agriculture, factory farms began churning out another, far less welcome commodity—antibiotic resistant bacteria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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These days, the only thing more American than apple pie is eating an animal raised on antibiotics. Eighty percent of antibiotics sold in the US go not to human patients, but to the nation’s plate-bound pigs, cows, turkeys, and chickens. As these wonder drugs became a mainstay of modern agriculture, factory farms began churning out another, far less welcome commodity—antibiotic resistant bacteria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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