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07/11/2007: "Antibiotics saturating soil"

It is estimated that between 9 and 13 million kilograms of antibiotics are used annually in the United States for raising livestock, with the majority being used for growth advancement and disease prevention purposes. Large amounts of antibiotics fed to livestock are excreted and end up in animal manure, which is commonly applied to agricultural land to provide crop nutrients. Therefore, food crops grown on manure-altered soils are exposed to antibiotics.

[ Wasn't it obvious this would happen? Take intense concentrations of stuff, dump it into livestock... well, I can't see it so it must be gone! Humans got stupid a few centuries ago. ]


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070711134530.htm