1st Study of Estimated Local Use of Antibiotics as Livestock FeedAdditives Shows 90 Percent of Estimated Use (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

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Almost all (90 percent) of the 26.5 million pounds of antibiotics estimated to be used in the United States as feed additives each year - seven times the amount used in human medicine nationwide - occurs in 23 states, according to a report released today by Environmental Defense. The report, Resistant Bugs and Antibiotic Drugs: Local Estimates of Antibiotics in Agricultural Feed and

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