Antibiotic-Brined Chicken and Other Bad Ideas From US Farming

Published: Sept. 11, 2017, 8:12 a.m.

b'These days, the only thing more American than apple pie is eating an animal raised on antibiotics. Eighty percent of antibiotics sold in the US go not to human patients, but to the nation\\u2019s plate-bound pigs, cows, turkeys, and chickens. As these wonder drugs became a mainstay of modern agriculture, factory farms began churning out another, far less welcome commodity\\u2014antibiotic resistant bacteria.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'