----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich
> P. J. Alling wrote: > >>I wonder how much of that is real health concerns and how much is >>hidden protectionism. > > The issue is bacterial diseases building resistance to antibiotics > because of their overuse in livestock. > > Antibiotic-resistant diseases are a big problem and getting bigger. It's a vicious circle too, since most of the antibiotics get pissed out, find their way into the ground water and bugger things up royally, by both killing desirable microbes, and causing both good and bad to mutate into things less than desirable. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net