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Antibiotic Overuse Could Lead to Public Health Crisis.
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The article reports that 80 percent of antibiotics used in the U.S. are given to farmed animals, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) annual National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Retail Meat report that was released in February 2013. According to Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, the threat of antibiotic resistance is growing which puts the elderly and children at risk.
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