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Overview Antibiotic use in any setting including animal agriculture contributes to the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, a dangerous and growing global health threat. 1 Of particular concern is the overuse of medically important antibiotics those that are also essential to human health care in food animals, which accelerates the development of resistance to these critical drugs. Despite widespread agreement among animal and public health experts and clear guidance from the Food and Drug Administration that antibiotic use without limits is not judicious, 1 in 3 of such drugs approved for use in agriculture can be administered for excessively long or undefined periods of time. ....
E-Mail A recent Point of Reference article, The meat of the matter: Environmental dissemination of beef cattle agrochemicals, published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, points at synthetic chemical cocktails being emitted from cattle feed yards into the environment and how they can impact our ecosystem and our health. Industrial meat production facilities have a bad reputation for their impact on the environment. Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are known to release greenhouse gases related to global warming and for discharge of manure to watersheds, which affects water quality. A less publicized impact of modern beef production is the excessive use of pharmaceuticals and pesticides, which end up in the environment. The animal production agriculture sector holds the record as the single greatest consumer of antimicrobials. Dust from feed yards typically contains antibiotics, synthetic steroids (growth hormones) and pesticides. At a time, ....