Useful Science

Antibiotics

Episode Summary

This week we're talking about antibiotics.

Episode Notes

http://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/28

This week we're talking about antibiotics.

Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach.

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Show Notes

• Antibiotic use in animals raised for food is drastically increasing. This poses a risk for antibiotic resistance, which may limit our capacity to treat infectious diseases.
• Some non-antibiotic drugs prevent the growth of normal gut bacteria in similar ways to antibiotics, and may inadvertently contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance.