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Jan 11, 2013

Antibiotics in Food Animal Production: Pew’s Response to Raymond Op-Ed

In his attempt to clarify the issue of antibiotic use in meat and poultry production, Dr. Richard Raymond confuses matters. Most importantly, Dr. Raymond mischaracterizes the value of tetracyclines and the dangers of their overuse.

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Mar 28, 2013

''Antibiotics and the Meat We Eat''

"Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration systematically monitor the meat and poultry sold in supermarkets around the country for the presence of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. These food products are bellwethers that tell us how bad the crisis of antibiotic resistance is getting. And they’re telling us it’s getting worse."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Jul 6, 2010

''Antibiotics and meat don't mix''

"For the American public's health, it's time for the meat industry to stop administering the drugs preventively but only to animals already ill."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Aug 15, 2009

''Antibiotics and meat''

"The American meat industry is addicted to antibiotics. This dates to the late 1940s, when farmers discovered that antibiotics could do more than just cure disease. Antibiotics regularly mixed into feed could help animals avoid common illnesses -- and thus grow faster as well as better withstand the crowded and sometimes unsanitary conditions on factory farms."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Jan 6, 2012

''Antibiotics and agriculture''

"Federal drug regulators Wednesday announced new rules requiring farmers and ranchers to restrict their use of a critical class of antibiotics known as cephalosporins in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Feb 28, 2009

''Antibiotic Misuse in Animals Hurts Human Health''

"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to build public awareness regarding the dangers of people overusing antibiotics."

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Apr 6, 2010

''Antibiotic Idiocy''

''The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is getting serious about the threat routine use of antibiotics in livestock poses to human health.''

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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production
Aug 27, 2012

''An Uncontrollable Outbreak''

''The menace posed by germs resistant to powerful antibiotics was all too apparent when a deadly, drug-resistant form of pneumonia bacteria struck the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health last year. It infected 17 patients and killed 6 of them. This disheartening episode shows again the importance of slowing the development of resistant strains by reducing rampant overuse of antibiotics — and of developing new, more effective antibiotics."

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Antibiotic Innovation
Dec 12, 2010

''America's young scientists at risk''

"Rising Above The Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 provides a troubling sequel to an influential 2005 study, which called for action and investment in 20 specific areas of science, math and engineering education, research and science and technology policy. But as the hurricane metaphor in the report's title broadcasts, our nation is more at risk than ever: "It would appear that overall the United States' long-term competitiveness outlook (read jobs) has further deteriorated," according to the blue-ribbon panel that prepared the new analysis."

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Biomedical Research
Apr 26, 2008

''America's Foreclosure Crisis''

"CNN's Lou Dobbs reports on the foreclosure crisis, including commentary by Susan Urahn, Managing Director of the Pew Center on the States."

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