• By Thin Lei Win (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Eckford advocated against blanket bans on antibiotics—not least because they could have unintended consequences on food production.
“You can’t just say, ‘don’t do something’,” she said. “You have to say, ‘this is what you need to do instead and you’ll be still able to have a productive, economically viable system’.”
As antibiotics in populous nations such as China and India is expected to soar, the more likely drug-resistant bugs will affect people’s health
Major poultry producer says supplies of chicken raised without antibiotics are outstripping demand
Despite countries trying to curb use, in populous nations like China and India, antibiotic use on farms is expected to soar
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