The FDA has stated that some antibiotics used in animal feed are not safe and increase the risk of antibiotic resistance in people. The numbers bear this out as ever year, antibiotic-resistant infections kill at least 23,000 Americans and make another two million of us sick.
The antibiotics help farmers fatten their animals and can help prevent animal diseases. However, there is a growing number of farmers who have stopped using these drugs and are accomplishing the ends of fattening and disease prevention. Why, then, doesn't the FDA ban these drugs?
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