What Is Lurking In The Pork Sold At Walmart Stores?
by World Animal Protection U.S When Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, the average U.S. life expectancy was around 57 years. Today, largely thanks to the era of antibiotics that he created; life expectancy now stands at 79. The discovery of antibiotics is considered one of, if not the single, greatest achievement in therapeutic medicine. But we stand to undo all this historic work through our rampant overuse of important medicines, and nowhere is this misuse more obvious than in the farming sector. While use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed and water has been increasingly phased…
