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How Superbugs Hitch A Ride From Hog Farms Into Your Community
Tom Philpott | Mother Jones | September 13, 2014
Factory-scale farms don't just house hundreds of genetically similar animals in tight quarters over vast cesspools collecting their waste...And when you dose the animals daily with small amounts of antibiotics—a common practice—the bacteria strains in these vast germ reservoirs quite naturally develop the ability to withstand anti-bacterial treatments...
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