Dr. Mercola July 13 2007 24,619 views
Maybe its time we say "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any longer!" This is an issue Congress needs to address or at least the State governments - these antibiotics need to be banned! Can we start a grass roots movement to get these horrible practices stopped?
I'm with GrammyLaura...we need to do something before we all starve to death or go broke trying to by better fooods for ourselves and our families.
Please disregard above comment. As it turns out (according to some who claim to know), there is no reason to panic over this. It seems that antibiotics that have been metabolized by animals are a different substance than unmetabolized antibiotics added to manure, as was done in this questionable study. I am surprised Dr. Mercola missed this point and did not comment on it. We have more important things to be "mad as hell" about. ha ha
There is a huge flaw in the reported methodology of this study. Anti-biotics that pass through the system of an animal are metabolized and the resulting chemicals are different from adding anti-biotics to manure.
It is studies like this that misinform and create a sense of hysteria among already hysterical people.
The end result is that money is spent for nothing, since we gain no useful knowledge from the process.
I came here at the suggestion of a good friend and physician, but if I don't find some real science being done, I'm afraid I'm going to have to write this off as just another bogus pseudo-science site.
I agree with chirocheer! Evolution, in my opinion, is merely a mechanism for an organism to adapt to its environment better. Who's to say that this mechanism was not designed on purpose by a Creator? Well said - the more we delve into science the more we see evidence of a Creator.
Gene C
islander, Please check your scientific facts and terminology before making a dig at something that is off the subject. The ability of bacteria to adapt is in no way the same form of "evolution" needed to make Darwin's tree of life work.