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Monsanto’s Roundup Causes Antibiotic Resistance, According to New Study

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Last updated on: December 13, 2017

It turns out that both the active and the inert ingredients in the world’s most common herbicides can produce antibiotic resistance. A team of researchers in New Zealand, building on their 2015 research that identified Roundup, 2,4-D, and dicamba as… [read]

Farms Reduce Livestock Antibiotic Usage For First Time, Report Shows

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Last updated on: December 23, 2019

The yearly Food and Drug Administration report on the sale of “medically important” antibiotics for food-producing animals has been released, and it’s good news. For the first time since the FDA started tracking these sales in 2009, sales of medically… [read]

WHO Says the World Will Run Out of Antibiotics Able to Treat Bacteria Superbugs

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Last updated on: October 2, 2017

Antibiotic-resistant infections are on the rise. The World Health Organization released a list of the 12 different bacteria strains that could pose the highest level of risk to human health. The list, divided into three sections based on how critical… [read]

We Consume Livestock Vaccines When We Ingest Meat

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Last updated on: July 22, 2018

In this day and age, you’re either pro-vaccine, or you’re an “anti-vaxxer.”  And if you have one problem with one vaccine, or even just one vaccine ingredient, you are labeled not only anti-vaxxer but also anti-science. Consider a person in… [read]

How C. Diff Infections Decrease with Fewer Antibiotics

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Last updated on: July 3, 2017

The percentage of new Clostridium difficile infections reported in healthcare facilities has dropped for the first time since 2000, says the CDC’s Emerging Infections Program. A sneak peek at the information on C. diff infections from 2011-2014 provided by shows… [read]