Putting kids on Antibiotics with every cold has nothing to do with the problem.

Gotta be those nasty farmers fault. Couldn't be the Dr's fault.

annually 25 million pounds used in livestock vs 3 million pounds used in humans.

think again.

This is exactly why I stopped eating all meat. In addition, they feed the beef, pigs and chickens all the leftover parts of other animals who are also on all of these drugs, just concentrating the problem. Yuk!!!!!

Does it really matter who is at fault? Isn't it enough to know that the word is out - finally? Maybe, just maybe it's our fault...for wanting everything like...yesterday! 'I want it now and I want it all!' Our little attitude shapes the world. "I don't have time for Johnny to be sick, I don't have time for this student to act up, I don't have time to wash my hands..." C'mon people...just drive by the hundreds (or is it thousands?) of squished-in, knee-deep-in-muck,moo-ing(for help?) cattle at that slaughterhouse on the I-5 in Northern California, before or after you hit the In-N-Out Burger, and you know fundamentally, something's amiss here. They NEED antibiotics for those conditions of...'existence??', if that's what you'd call it. We all know that most Doctors are not schooled in nutrition and that they will believe anything the hot pharma rep tells them. After (not thinking 1st) sleeping on our brand new mattress, I awoke itchy, covered with hives, severely swollen hands, knees, ankles...the doc says, "Hmmm...could be auto-immune...or cancer... WHAAT!??! Here...take this and see me in 2 weeks." Now, I could have done what she said but I did not. Called the mattress manufacturer who said he'd "never ever heard of such a thing..." Well, two days of healthy eating(and sleeping in another room) flushed the toxins out- without taking medication! The amount of chemicals our bodies, and especially our children's, are exposed to is staggering. From sleepwear to no-iron pants, shampoos & sunscreens, air-fresheners and lawn chemicals, dry-cleaning & dryer sheets, auto's to exhaust fumes, water & soda-pop...isn't it sad that "farm-raised" is bad?Now it's Lake fish vs. amalgam fillings. Farmers forced to buy genetically modified seeds which still need a bath of chemicals before landing on our plates. Injection wells storing nuclear waste when we have free sun, wind and water. Dollar stores, Mega Sores, Polly pockets and other mini- items... it just never ends. We have to start somewhere.

What farmers? you mean giant corporation? Thats who makes your food, not farmers, they crushed them years ago

The FDA said antibiotics in meat pose a "serious public health threat" because the drugs create antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can infect humans who eat it.

What -- better late than never? The damage was done decades ago, you incompetent, tax-wasting, corrupt bstrds.

The problem can be solved by enforcing humane conditions and appropriate food for these animals.

About 25 years ago a Texas rancher sold his herd in Mexico, just across the border. In the US the law said that using antibiotics had to stop 90 days before slaughtering for market. This guy fed his cattle right up to slaughter in Mexico. He gained an estimated 150 pounds per cow by using the antibiotics for weight gain while avoiding US laws.

In Mexico a doctor found that this resulted in 5 year old boys having pubic hair and 5 year old girls having breasts! I haven't eaten beef since becoming aware of this.

The best way to correct this problem is to quit eating meat. As long as there is a demand they will keep the industrial farms going. I guess for most people it is just easier to ignore the problem instead of doing something about it. People really need to think about what they put in their bodies.

that's why i only eat all natural meat. it helps if you have a dog that enjoys hunting. my girl dog is out back everyday and never fails to make a kill. squirrel, possom, rat, you name it. course she won't do snake, i have to get them on my own. and by the way portland dan there's no pubic hair in the boys' dinner.