NY Times: MRSA in Our Food Supply

MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, first cropped up in hospitals in the 1990s. Now, a new strain has emerged, found in hog confinements, CAFO operators, and even pork.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof examines the link between routine antibiotic use for livestock and this deadly infection that kills 18,000 people each year, more than AIDS.

Read his two insightful articles here:

Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health

Pathogens in our Pork