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Food System: All Drugged Up  Posted: 03/ 2/11 08:47 AM ET  The
next time you're feeling sick, think twice before going to your
doctor for answers. Look down at your plate, instead.  Hidden in
your hamburger or smoked ham may be something you didn't want or
expect on the menu -- antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Instead of
protecting you from infectious diseases, antibiotics might
simply be making you sick.  Just last month, the FDA confirmed
that 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. go to animal
agriculture. No joke, 80 percent! This is true insanity and
scientists fear that this extreme overuse of antibiotics is
putting our children, elderly and families at serious risk.
When antibiotics are used (as they have been since the 1940s),
they kill off all targeted bacteria, except for those that by
chance have a favorable mutation. These survivors go on to
multiply, producing a drug resistant army of bacteria. It's
evolution at its finest.  T