One more reason to not eat meat, or to at least pay attention to where it comes from...
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By Marissa Cevallos
April 15, 2011
"Meat in the U.S. may be widely contaminated with strains of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers reported Friday. Nearly half of all meat and poultry sampled in a new study contained drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, the type of bacteria that most commonly causes staph infections. Such infections can take many forms, from a minor rash to pneumonia or sepsis. But the findings are less about direct threats to humans than they are about the risks of using antibiotics in agriculture..."
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-meat-bacteria-20110415,0,7997782.story
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