date:Sep 06, 2012
found -- but that was based on only a few studies. There weremore significant differences by growing practice in the amount ofpesticides and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food.
Still, many conventional farms in the United States, by contrast,use pesticides to ward off bugs and raise animals in crowdedindoor conditions with antibiotics in their feed to promotegrowth and ward off disease. The Food and Drug Administration hasbeenexamining that type of antibiotic use and its contribution todrug-