Rare superbug gene discovered on U.S. pig farm

[Blue Shoes]

Source: KWWL (NBC Affiliate)

Researchers have found a rare and frightening superbug gene on a U.S. pig farm and say their discovery suggests raw meat could carry the dangerous germs into the human population.

No pigs scheduled for slaughter carried the mutant gene, the researchers stressed, and they haven't found any threat to people yet. And none of the pigs were sick. But the mutant should not have been on the farm at all and they have no idea how it got there.

Read more: http://www.kwwl.com/story/33942865/rare-superbug-gene-discovered-on-us-pig-farm

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If we deregulate industry, would we have caught something like this before it made its way into our food supply? This is why dangerous proposals like Trumps "eliminate two regulations for every new one" are dangerous. We risk removing vital protections for society!

[enough]

1. Here's another problem that can be solved by cutting off funding for science.

If not for science we wouldn't know this thing exists, let alone where it is. Everything would be so much simpler.

[ProfessorPlum]

2. lol

that's some grade A sarcasm. Nicely done

[Blue Shoes]

4. Science has spurned all the effective treatments for imbalanced humors!

Bring back the leeches!

[Javaman]

3. this is how the ZomPig apocolypse starts.

don't say I didn't warn you!