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hermitcrabyesterday at 8:22 PM1 replyview on HN

If you pump livestock (chicken, cows or pigs) full of antibiotics, surely they are going to piss/crap a lot of it into the environment, hastening antibiotic resistance.


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riku_ikiyesterday at 8:30 PM

but it will be localized farm environment only..

Its just question of risk/benefit ratio, benefit is clear: cheap meat, because producers will be less impacted by deceases. Risks are not so clear in this case.

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