Category: Antibiotic resistance

Doctors not farmers are to blame. Continue reading Overprescribed: The problem with antibiotics

We’ve busted this guy before. Continue reading Should livestock antibiotic use be banned?

By Steven Milloy
September 22, 2005, FoxNews.com

“Antibacterial Soaps Are Safe, New Study Says,” is not a headline that you should count on seeing anytime soon — even though it’s true. Continue reading Study Disproves Antibacterial Soap Scare

By Steven Milloy
June 27, 2003, FoxNews.com

McDonald’s just ordered its meat suppliers to phase out antibiotics for promoting animal growth. It’s the second time in the past year that McDonald’s has fed the public McNothing-burgers smothered in the pseudo-sauce of activist-defined corporate social responsibility. Continue reading McJunk Science: Over Five Billion Fooled

By Steven Milloy
January 27, 2001, FoxNews.com

A “ticking time bomb” is how the Union of Concerned Scientists describes the use of antibiotics on farm animals. Continue reading Where's the Beef on Farm Antibiotics?

By Steven Milloy
July 27, 2000, Washington Times

Are we too clean? Should we make homes safer for germs? That is the message you’ll get from today’s National Health Council conference, “Antibiotic Resistance: A Serious Public Health Threat.” But there is more to this message than its messenger will disclose. Continue reading Disinfecting the anti-bacteria debate