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Margaret Mellon is a Senior Scientist in the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C. She is one of the nation's foremost experts on biotechnology and food safety.
Margaret Mellon
Margaret Mellon is a Senior Scientist in the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C. She is one of the nation's foremost experts on biotechnology and food safety.
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April 12, 2013
I’ve spent many years wondering why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been so slow to curb the rampant overuse of antibiotics in agriculture. Original Nipper, by Francis Barraud (1856–1924) (Transferred from en.wikipedia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons For a public health agency, this issue would seem a no-brainer. Overuse of drugs in agriculture leads to resistant populations of bacteria impervious to antibiotics. Increasingly ineffective antibiotics lead to more severe, more difficult-to-treat diseases, which increases health costs and leaves physicians helpless at the...
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