Commentary: We face a world potentially running out of antibiotics
Commentary: We face a world potentially running out of antibiotics
www.channelnewsasia.com /commentary/superbug-antibiotics-ineffective-resistant-bacteria-dangerous-3910336
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This has been known and warned for probably decades now.
But still we continue to "preemptively" use it in vast quantities in the meat, milk and egg industry instead of using sustainable or even humane conditions for the animals in question.
Guess who gets to eat antibiotics evey day, increasing likelihood of multi resistant germs?
Meat eaters. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565197/
Nothing will be done about it until its too late. As is tradition. Profits are more important than world wide disaster. Again.
Multiple countries need to fix their inadequate regulations to stop aggravating antibiotics resistance, including:
- India where there is "Inappropriate use of antibiotics [..] Largely unrestricted over-the-counter sales"
- China as you mentioned, need to continue efforts to reduce antibiotics (mis)use.
- European countries are collectively the world's biggest importer of food, including farmed animals periodically dosed with antibiotics. A 2022 ban on routine antibiotic use should hopefully avoid worst abuses on antibiotics, including for imports.
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