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PRO/PL> Antibiotic resistance – USA: spraying streptomycin on citrus trees, EPA

March 20, 2019 editor Global Disease Alerts
Antimicrobial resistance -- United StatesConsumer Reports urged the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse its proposed decision to allow the use of streptomycin to treat citrus disease because of the unacceptable risk it could pose to human health and the environment.In comments submitted to the EPA, the consumer group noted that the proposal would result in a 26-fold increase in the use of streptomycin in plant agriculture and could trigger antibiotic resistance that would reduce the Read more [...]
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