Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Factory Farms Are Bad for Your Health | Common Dreams

Factory Farms Are Bad for Your Health | Common Dreams

"Every single day, factory farms feed their animals low doses of antibiotics to make them grow faster and prevent disease in filthy, crowded living conditions. In fact, the factory farming industry uses 80 percent of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. And now, the medical community is warning that the medicines we’ve been relying on since the 1940s may no longer work when we need them."