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Antibiotics are overused on animals used for food

We need to follow California’s example and stop feeding antibiotics to our food sources. Their cruel and unsanitary living conditions are inhumane. In healthier surroundings antibiotics wouldn’t be needed to ward off diseases caused by filth and overcrowding.

The consequence is we will become immune to these antibiotics when we desperately need them. Urge Senator Murray to call on Congress to pass legislation banning misuse of antibiotics.

This story was originally published October 9, 2015 at 2:27 PM with the headline "Antibiotics are overused on animals used for food."

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