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Most antibiotics go to animals, not people

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If you thought our crucial medical compounds were strictly reserved for fighting human infections, think again. The vast majority of commercially produced antibiotics are dumped straight into animal feed troughs. It is done entirely to marginally increase growth rates in crowded barns, simultaneously breeding indestructible superbugs just to shave a few cents off the cost of a pork chop.

Most antibiotics go to animals, not people
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