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The dangerous things about antibiotics for farm animals are not that drug is retained in meat we eat.
The danger is resistant organisms engendered by the drugs that are in the waste from the farm and pumped into the environment ...and infections in farm workers ...and resistant organisms recoverable from supermarket meat.
And remember, the drugs aren't given to treat infection they are growth stimulants (see above).
The dangerous things about antibiotics for farm animals are not that drug is retained in meat we eat.
The danger is resistant organisms engendered by the drugs that are in the waste from the farm and pumped into the environment ...and infections in farm workers ...and resistant organisms recoverable from supermarket meat.
