Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future
Overuse of antibiotics on humans and livestock in both the U.S. and China is spurring the...
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U.S. CDC Warns of Looming “Post-Antibiotic Era”
Wired’s Maryn McKenna discusses the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
Half of China’s Antibiotics Now Go to Livestock
Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott warns—again—that by adopting U.S.-style commercial agriculture,...
Antibiotics Abuse a Growing Threat in China
A South China Morning Post editorial, citing recent research, warns that extensive unrestricted...
Five Charged for China-U.S. Honey Smuggling
Five people have been charged in the U.S. for smuggling honey from China to evade $180 million in anti-dumping duties. The investigation that snared them was part of a years-long campaign to protect both beekeepers and honey...
Chinese Farms Breed Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
In 2011, human consumption of antibiotics in China was ten times the global average. Because overuse of the drugs can give rise to resistance in the bacteria they target, the Health Ministry has repeatedly promised to cut down...
Is China Rethinking its Embrace of US-Style Agriculture?
Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott examines recent signs that China may be turning away from agriculture fuelled by antibiotics and genetic modification: Given China’s vast and growing population and increasing appetite for...
Too Much of a Good Thing – Bryan Walsh
From Time Asia: To many Chinese patients, antibiotics are silver bullets: a cure for everything from skin infections to life-threatening lung ailments; and if a little is good, then more must be better”especially if you can get dosed directly through an intravenous line… But keeping the peace in the waiting room may be contributing to […]
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