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Friday, October 1, 2010
Should the use of antibiotics in farm animals be restricted?
The FDA want to restrict the use of antibiotics in farm animals, calling it a serious threat to human health. Farmers say antibiotics hold diseases in check and keep costs to consumers lower. What do you think?
JAMES ROBINSON, Dayton: “I think their primary reason for using antibiotics is to accelerate weight gain of the livestock. And whatever they feed to them, we end up consuming.”
NORMAN OLDHAM, Harrison Twp.: “I’d be more worried about the disease coming from the animals that didn’t get the antibiotics.”
PATTY BELL, Clayton: “I think there’s too much governmental involvement, but our food source has to be regulated somehow. It depends, too, on the farmers. Are all of them alike in the way they treat their livestock? Probably not, or we wouldn’t have had that egg problem. I buy my meat from Landes, where they don’t use antibiotics. We go to a local farmer who doesn’t use pesticides. It’s more about where you purchase what you eat.”
DARREN KALL, Dayton: “We only eat pastured, grass-fed, antibiotic-free meat. When you raise livestock that way, you don’t need so many antibiotics, because the animals are less likely to be sick. Those who keep animals in confined spaces are more likely to breed the diseases they’re worried about.”
KATHY KNALL, Beavercreek: “I would need more information, as with most issues. There’s probably pros and cons to both sides. I don’t buy all organic, but I do think about the issue.”
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