Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Emerging In Pork - 7.1% In One Study, Nearly 50% In Another - WSJ

[hatrack]

Scientists are beginning to detect antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pork, pigs and some veterinarians, raising the issue of whether these so-called superbugs might find a new route to infect farmworkers or even people who eat pork.

University of Minnesota veterinary public-health researchers last month reported they found the antibiotic-resistant bugs in 7.1% of 113 swine veterinarians tested. Public-health doctors at the University of Iowa found the same bacterial strains among 147 of 299 pigs tested with nasal swabs.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Boy, I'm glad pork is haram n/t

[unpossibles]

2. yet another reason to be glad of being a vegetarian

assuming that my spinach and tomatoes don't get runoff crap, or that other sewage from the meat industries does not totally ruin our water.

[Fredda Weinberg]

3. Bacteria, even drug-resistant strains, are still killed by cooking n/t

[phantom power]

4. Oh well, at least bacteria can't swap genes...

Oh wait. :puke:

[kestrel91316]

5. .....or evolve.......

[NNadir]

6. One big place antibiotic resistence is rising is in sewage treatment plants.

Antibiotics are fairly widely distributed in the environment. I've read a lot of research on this issue. It's scary.

My grandmother died from a simple bacterial infection. We're going to see a lot more of that sort of thing in the future I think. Antibiotics may end up being temporary cures.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Because of antibiotics flushed down drains etc?

Or is this something done at the treatment plant?

Scary either way.

[Javaman]

8. Damn, there goes Al Pastor. Soooo yummy.