29: Antibiotics
Useful Science
English - January 31, 2020 19:23 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 110 ratingsScience Education science parenting education creativity productivity environment health fitness nutrition happiness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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.