Livestock

White House caves on antibiotics

In another display of Big Pharma’s political influence, the Obama Administration will appeal a court ruling that would have protected public health by withdrawing certain antibiotics from being used in animal feed.

Antibiotics in ethanol: An unnecessary risk despite the spin

“Antibiotic levels nearly nil” screams the headline from this article in the industry trade publication, National Hog Farmer. It was a piece of spin doctoring in response to IATP’s report earlier this month on the widespread and unregulated use of human antibiotics in ethanol production.

The end of antibiotics in ethanol?

Over the last three years, IATP has written numerous reports and blogs about why antibiotic use in ethanol production is unwise and unnecessary.

Ethanol, antibiotics and what we don’t know

Alarming research coming out of the University of Minnesota raises concerns over the public health impacts of antibiotic use in ethanol production. 

TEDxManhattan - David Wallinga - Raising Pigs & Problems: Saying No to Antibiotics in Animal Feed

Physician, writer and full-time advocate, David Wallinga, M.D., represents the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) as a de facto doctor to the nation's ailing food system. Through his work, Dr. Wallinga sheds a spotlight—and a public health lens—on the less savory side of the food system, like mercury in high fructose corn syrup, or arsenic being fed to chickens and turkeys.

Antibiotics in pork production: No pig in a poke

A rapidly growing body of evidence is spotlighting the overuse of antibiotics—and the antibiotic-resistant bacteria it breeds—in pork production as a widespread and serious danger to the American food supply and public health.