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Sunday, October 20, 2013

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News


Challenges, opportunities for reducing antibiotic resistance in agricultural settings

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 10:23 AM PDT

Antibiotic resistant pathogens are an emerging, critical human health issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared antibiotic resistance as a top health issue worldwide. Two million Americans are infected each year with diseases resistant to known antibiotics; between ten and fifteen thousand die. Interdisciplinary standards are needed for studying antibiotic resistance in agriculture to help rectify its wide-reaching problems.

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