December
29, 2011 I heard that the genetically engineered corn plant is now becoming
vulnerable to bugs. On January 5, 2012 the US was restricting more antibiotics
for livestock citing drug resistance. March 17 the World Health Organization
(WHO) put out a warning that bacteria is growing stronger and because we’ve
over used current antibiotics we may not have an antibiotic to treat the
mutated bacteria. Dr. Margaret Chan, Head of WHO, said “The world is entering
an antibiotic crisis which could make a routine operation impossible and a
simple scratched knee potentially fatal.”
Dr. Besser said the crisis is very real, “We’re seeing more and more
infections when we’re down to the last drug, the last drug between you and a
deadly infection”. Dr. Besser also said “when you go to the doctor don’t ask
for an antibiotic because you’ll probably get it even if you don’t need it; ask
what else you can do to feel better.” He also said that the pharmaceutical companies
aren’t making new antibiotics because there’s no money in something you take
once in a while.
On July
11 ABC reported that chickens are fed antibiotics from the time they’re hatched
until the time they’re killed. Dr. Besser said the CDC has been concerned for a
long time about giving antibiotics to the animals we eat. Although the chicken
industry refuses to believe that researchers have found the same strain of
e-coli in chickens now in people, doctors have shown the antibiotics given to
chickens are causing a dangerous e-coli which causes bladder infections in
women. The infection reoccurs as it can’t be treated with a single antibiotic
and the right combination is needed. Wash your chicken and hands good.
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