Report: FDA Turning a Blind Eye to Growing Superbug Threat

[GoLeft TV]

From Ring of Fire:

A new report from the NRDC claims that the FDA effectively turned a blind eye to the risks associated with antibiotics it approved for agricultural use. These antibiotics were allowed to be used in livestock despite posing a “high risk” to human antibiotic resistance.

According to the NRDC these drugs were allowed to remain on the market as additives in animal feed and water “despite an internal review that raised significant red flags…” and allowing the drugs to be distributed “likely exposed humans to antibiotic resistant bacteria through the food supply.”

You can read the full article here at Ring of Fire.