Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Le Shorter: Mystery Meat

The Union of Concerned Scientists informs me that Tyson's will stop raising it's millions of chickens without the routine use of antibiotics. Tyson is the nation's largest chicken producer. The massive use of antibiotics as a routine dietary supplement to compensate for unsanitary and overcrowded conditions contributes to the development of drug resistant bacteria. The advocacy group calculates that 70% of antibiotics are used in the livestock industry.