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asuffield on July 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nasal Bacteria Pump Out a Potential New Antibiotic...

Antibiotic use in humans has rarely been a problem, it's the way that "restricted" antibiotics are used on lifestock freely and in large quantities that keeps screwing us over.

refurb on July 28, 2016 [–]

That's absolutely untrue. It's the use in humans that results in resistance in humans. The connection to livestock is pretty tenuous.

asuffield on July 28, 2016 | [–]

Citation needed. The following sources disagree strongly with your claim:

http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.publhea...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/sep/19/scientists-a...

http://www.cdc.gov/narms/animals.html

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