733

This is Fine Rule (i.imgur.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

97 comments fedilink hide all child comments

EDIT: here's a source for that figure

Previous studies have estimated that 73% of all antimicrobials sold globally are used in animals raised for food

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7766021/pdf/antibiotics-09-00918.pdf

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

We already have tightened regulations. In the USA you can no longer buy antibiotics off the shelf. You have to now get an RX. We here in the US aren't really the main driver of this. It's been mainly foreign beef production in countries where there is little regulation.