I thought I knew what I was getting myself into when I started this project on meat and antibiotic use in animals, but what Environmental Working Group’s team found still shocked me: federal scientists routinely find antibiotic-resistant bacteria – often called superbugs – in meat I regularly buy at the grocery store. Dr. Gail Hansen , an expert at The Pew Charitable Trusts , advised me early on to “keep your kitchen as sterile as you would an operating room, and you’ll be fine.” “Whoa!” I thought. “That’s a little extreme.” But after digging into the research, I’ve concluded that Dr. Hansen...