The Trouble with Antibiotics (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE investigated the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it was fueling the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in people. (Aired 2014)
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In “The Trouble with Antibiotics,” correspondent David E. Hoffman traveled the country and examined new research out of Arizona, Pennsylvania and North Texas focusing on how antibiotics on the farm might be fueling a crisis of antibiotic resistance for humans. The documentary traced the history and controversy over antibiotics in agriculture, discovered gaps in basic data about how antibiotics are used on the farm - and raised questions about why that information did not exist.
“The Trouble with Antibiotics” is a FRONTLINE production with American University School of Communication’s Investigative Reporting Workshop. It is produced by Rick Young and Anthony Szulc. The correspondent is David E. Hoffman.
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CHAPTERS:
Antibiotics in Agriculture: From Farm to Table? - 00:00
Antibiotic Resistance and the Environment - 08:15
An Early FDA Attempt to Reduce Use of Farm Antibiotics - 18:02
Farmers and Antibiotics: A Lack of Data - 26:18
Credits - 35:37

[@jaxn1221]

Just another example of how we. as a country, care far more about profits than we do about the health of our citizens.

[@someguy2135]

Or the citizens of other countries. I agree.

[@S.H.A.D.O.999]

I K R. It doesn't get more obvious than this documentary...

[@everythingmatters6308]

We, as a country, aren't consulted. Speak for yourself.

[@someguy2135]

@@everythingmatters6308 I think jenn was referring to US policies set by our elected leaders.

[@russelmurray9268]

Processed meat is carcinogens. We're overpopulated

[@Mollecules75]

We need to stay informed, I am absolutely 💯 grateful to Frontline, don't panic people, make changes !!!

[@bryanbrewer4272]

make changes,lol this is from 2014...how many changes have been made? Answer=0

[@someguy2135]

On an individual basis, the needed change is to boycott animal products! The people who are preventing needed change are the same people who profit from the misuse of antibiotics. The fox is guarding the hen house!

[@richierich3578]

@@bryanbrewer4272 pppppppppppppppppppp pop 0oooo oi

[@stevenc8140]

It might be too late for that!

[@jeffreycarlson3815]

Some people have to jump up n Down just to clear thar air passage of phlegm lost sensations n infections floating outa thir boul movement n air bubbles? Just saying n what's it take to get help I must be asking the rong questions n fed antibiotics left n right with no real diagnosis

[@globalhealth1679]

Dear Hoffman, I live in the south of Brazil doing tons of research on AMR. I'm a vet and full professor at a Federal Univ. We have sequenced a few samples and found more than 25 genetic polymorphisms related to AMR from places near industrial pig farms. We can "link" AMR following these AMR genes in Hospitals, farms, water, schools, soil... whatever. This is 2023 and the problem is still growing.

[@linda_sue]

Thank you for giving us this information. I hope more late-comers will see what you've said here.

[@jillw.2524]

Thank you for your service.

[@RadFox1320]

I love how they act like there is never any proof. It's all just to hard to figure out, so why do anything?

[@MEAT_CANNON]

I'll eat them and you can study how fast I fight them off.

[@miketarbert4609]

Where can I get information about your study....even if there is a charge.

[@S.H.A.D.O.999]

High School seniors should at least be offered a course where Front Line is featured and discussed. Thank you for another great documentary.

[@generalsifr2995]

It is critical race theory and brainwashing. FOX NEWS is the answer. Alternative facts was laughable then but it is real now.

[@VoltairesRevenge]

@Joe Beef Hash That part!

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@matrix_comix]

Republicans would call this woke and ban it

[@Tiffany-oy2td]

Yes yes yes. 💯

[@user-bs5ys4vo7e]

Wow. I am fascinated by all the information given, but also distressed. The food we eat is what kills us.

[@fakeaccount8342]

The food in the USA is poison... as is the air, water, medicine, and education system. We conspiracy realists have been trying to warn you people for 4 decades.

[@churblefurbles]

Said as this audience is almost 100% jabbed and pfizered.

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@mahnamahna3252]

What disgusts me about our legislators is that their doing nothing to stop the overuse of antibiotics in large corporate livestock operations. Their targeting people who have small herds/Flocks who raise their own meat,eggs,milk to avoid consuming these products that have been raised in such irresponsible, inhuman ways.

[@TradBarbie]

*And* they won't give me antibiotics when I need them.

[@benpoppy8079]

How can they they are owned by the corporations in the oligarchs

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

Another old, but still relevant, video from Frontline. Sure hope some new ones come out regularly again soon.

[@annalisa14]

Keep watching the old ones- new young humans need education. Spread the word.

[@ashleelarsen7765]

7:40 question communication dude; why do people increasingly use this pattern of speech; rhetorical question - *RIGHT* What is that? It's so annoying I've ended friendships

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@annalisa14 Still relevant because they planned this crisis decades ago. Nothing more terrifying than untreatable disease.

[@janetshavers4127]

I’m sure we as a nation r trying to feed to many PEOPLE 🤨

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

@@ashleelarsen7765 It's an ingrained Communication affectation, with elements of some passive-aggressiveness, one of many that Speakers/Senders use. The "right?" pushes forth the idea that everyone thinks the same or they should on a given matter, with no chance for them as a Receiver/Listener to dispute it or the forced assumption, which is technically framed as a question that they're given no chance to answer. "I know, right?" Blame decades of vapid tv shows, movies, trends and social media in a society where Communication isn't even ON the list of the 60 top K12 education subjects in America, let alone rated anywhere on that list.

[@aaronwentzel4145]

Soooo...I have to deal with my doctor being pressured not to prescribe antibiotics because of drug resistance but the big agricultural corporations can dump antibiotics into the water of the food all of us have to eat because they are huge monopolies. Yeah, that is literally Bull Sheet.

[@someguy2135]

You-"...the food all of us have to eat..." Ah but we don't! This is just one more reason to boycott animal products! Humans not only do not need to eat animals, but studies show that we live longer, healthier lives if we don't. Why else? 2-Helping to end animal agriculture would reduce the chance of another pandemic & other zoonotic diseases 3-Helping to end animal ag would reduce the chance of the development of more antibiotic resistant pathogens. 4-Animal ag wastes a huge amount of fresh water. Each vegan saves 219,000 gallons of water every year! 5-Animal ag is a major cause of water pollution 6-Animal ag is a major cause of deforestation 7-Animal ag increases PTSD and spousal abuse in the people who work in slaughterhouses. Workers in meat packing facilities often endure terrible, dangerous working conditions. 8-Animal ag is a major cause of the loss of habitat and biodiversity 9-Needless killing of innocent, sentient beings cannot be ethically justified. 10- It is the single most effective way for each of us to fight climate change and environmental degradation. 11- Longer lifespan. 12- Healthier weight (vegans were the only dietary group in the Adventist Studies that had an average BMI in the recommended range.) 13- A healthy plant based diet significantly reduces the chances of ED later in life, and even 1 meal can improve bedroom performance 14- Vegetarians and vegans have lower rates of dementia later in life 15- A plant based diet could save money! You could reduce your food budget by one third! 16-A fully plant based diet improves the immune system according to a study published in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health 17-A fully plant based food system would greatly reduce food borne illnesses like salmonella 18-A fully plant based food system would be able to feed millions more people. Our population is growing! 19-A fully plant based food system would save 13,000 lives a year from the air pollution caused by animal agriculture, according to a study 20- A vegan world would save 8 million human lives a year, and $1 trillion in health care and related costs (Oxford Study) Links for some of these are at my channel under "About." If you doubt any of them, I would be glad to cite evidence from credible sources to back them up. KZbin only allows a certain number of links at my channel. After I made my list, I found this video with his own list which overlaps mine. He cites evidence from credible sources in the description.

[@aaronwentzel4145]

@@someguy2135 But they taste good.

[@someguy2135]

@@aaronwentzel4145 "They taste good?" Is that the excuse for eating dogs? Is that what Jeffery Dahmer told the judge?

[@dhaloh]

Was just thinking about the same thing. Guess I'll be going vegetarian, I don't want to risk my life and meat isn't worth dying.

[@DGill48]

Agricultural antibiotic use is worse in lots of foriegn countries, to compound the problem.

[@stevenc8140]

I remember with the MRSA’s back in 1999 as an ER Nurse! Going to recovery and ICU just made it more evident! Pediatrics had finally embraced viral infection processes than prescribed Amoxicillin for the mothers request! We should ALL BE CONCERNED for future hospitalization if we sustain an infection!

[@MK7of7of7of7]

If I had MRSA I would use a spray bottle with 3000 ppm chlorine dioxide and be done with MRSA quickly. What is it? Sodium Chlorite and Hydrochloric acid mixed together creates a gas that swims thru water and selectively eliminates cells damaged, or viral, or bacterial, just as our bodies do anyway. No side effects, no leftovers except two molecules of oxygen and salt to eliminate naturally. Don't trust my experience with covid, copd, emphysema, common cold, herpes all of which I've overcome. Shhhh though we can't talk about that because it is cheep.

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@Cheirosa81]

Thank You for your service.

[@marciahall3450]

How

[@Cwgrlup]

As a nurse who has dealt with patients with MRSA and other superbugs, I think these DVMs working in the meat industry should have their professional license pulled. They don’t deserve to be near an animal.

[@roxanacorbett]

But the money is great.

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@jimbomac3668]

Very relevant today. We've had massive poultry infections in the last year. This has causes euthanization of millions of birds which in turn has caused the egg shortage and hike in prices. The biproduct of this is the rise in urban backyard poultry.

[@susielong9805]

My daughter in law breaks out with MERSA all the time. We've ALL lived in Lancaster County Pennsylvania all our lives and it can hit her at anytime.

[@jazziez6467]

Thats cause once she got it it will always be in her system.

[@jjk2one]

I buy the milk and eggs from the Amish. I asked a amish lady if they use hormones or other drugs to produce milk in the winter when the cows are not calving. She looked me in the eye and said no, cows can produce milk without calves. I went in the barn and looked on the shelves and could be drugs used to produce milk. Also it's hidden in the vitamins. She lied right to my face.

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@TomCruz54321]

Classic case of the government choosing lobbyist bribes over its citizens.

[@BassForever44]

Encouraging "voluntary cooperation" of corporate interests to phase out a danger to society works wonders... Never fails... Especially if it involves pharma 😒

[@mattgrelee2199]

I know lol

[@fakeaccount8342]

USA food companies are also chemical companies... no way! 🤣🤣🤣

[@TomCruz54321]

Yeah it's basically just gaslighting by the FDA. *"Look we're doing something about it. We have no way to check if it works, or if it's even being implemented, but it gives the appearance that we're doing something".*

[@ericpmoss]

We've known this since at least the 80's. Yet the factory farms still use non-therapeutic antibiotics like water.

[@candycoatedcyanide3267]

This is frightening we are the farm animals

[@14s0cc3r14]

20:10 This “gotcha” moment was hilarious 😂

[@Metal0sopher]

31:05 is even worse. That's literally her job and she's clueless. What does she do every day for 8 hour in her office? How does she not know the most basic information of her job? And she gets paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. This is corruption to the core.

[@samsien9105]

@@Metal0sopher she just work to get rich never to find out a bout our health +her too.

[@coleengoodell7523]

Something that struck me at the start of this investigation was that the animals also put on weight quickly. I have to wonder if the consumption of antibiotics by consumers from eating this meat has also contributed to the obesity problems we see in industrial nations.

[@randibgood]

Damn! That sure makes sense. That's another one we should be studying.

[@tiptoeurchin]

We're doing a great job at answering the wrong question. Instead of asking 'What medicines do I need to use to keep these animals healthy in this environment?', I think we should be asking 'How can I create an environment where I would no longer need to use antibiotics?'. No more CAFOs, numerous small farms across the country, grass based systems, etc. I work in commercial beef production. There are so many antibiotics being used both injectable and feed through. I've seen lincomycin that was labeled 'chicken use only' given to cattle, lots of off label use and A LOT of poor injection techniques. To me the last one is a huge problem. Absolutely nobody knows what the effects are of eating meat where a subcutaneous injectable was given intramuscular. Using dirty needles with burrs transferring all sorts of junk from animal to animal. Some places are much better than others, but once the meat is in the system the consumer has no idea which they're buying. This has got to change. I grew up not seeing or possibly being shielded/blinded to the issues that are very obvious. I've done this my whole life, its all I know, but it is time we upend the entire system. This is not sustainable.

[@serafinacosta7118]

Big Farm overrun small farmers over decades ago. Small farmers are a minority in the country.

[@jeremyrude6883]

I worked 10 years on large scale dairy farms. We used one certain medication/ antibiotics 3- 5 times a week in foot baths cow had to walk threw to get to food, water and to the milking parlor. We also mixed it w water to spray on cows feet during milking process. All 4 farms I worked on. Our milk was shipped to the same large scale upstate NY dairy process company from all the farms, all used same vet and all used same tetracycline for same reasons

[@someguy2135]

Thank you for exposing the extent of the problem. Talk about overuse! They are practically swimming in it!

[@jeremyrude6883]

@@someguy2135 fact

[@starfishw7138]

Animals eating off polluted waste on the ground are going to keep spreading infection

[@d.h.601]

All for Ben & Jerry’s.

[@jjk2one]

It's not just food. They grow methane big time it goes in the atmosphere to breath. Mycotoxins and aflatoxins.

[@emiliorosa9896]

Thanks you Frontline for amazing work and information n always getting the truth out there

[@sanriosonderweg]

Notice the silence on Pfizer? This channel hasn't been right on anything in years.

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@D.E..]

Buy from a local, small farm that raises their animals in a pasture.

[@deborahkchristian]

Eye opening! Thank you very much!!!

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

Look up biofilm

[@conqueringthelabyrinth]

Remember this is ten years old and that there have been a TON of changes made since this came out.

[@fakeaccount8342]

Yeah and absolutely NONE of them have our best interests in mind.

[@kristensorensen2219]

This was originally aired on PBS in 2014. After almost a decade has anyone promoted food sterilizing with high level radiation. This can be done safely and at low cost to break the chain of infection in consumers. Waiting to reduce antibiotics in industrial farming is no realistic choice alone!

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

Go _ off Swisorensen Radiation can cause cancer degrade nutrition etc. Trading 1 problem for another, why do you hate America?

[@ZSHAPESHIFTER]

The Food Industry is eternally corrupt, using illegal migrant workers, not compensating them, they are virtually " slaves". The industrial agriculture doesnt care about health isdues, just profit margins.

[@DGill48]

Yeah, a little cobalt-60 would be a start to solving this, but the word "radiation" would shut it down before the start. The ignorance of the American public and their legislators is just too massive. I was a Physics and Chemistry teacher for almost 40 years. Apparently I was just a little part of a failed enterprise, American education.

[@annastarr2043]

I was under the impression that's what septic packaging is. Maybe I've forgotten but I remember the brouhaha 25 yrs ago

[@DGill48]

@@annastarr2043 In many parts of the world, you can (for example) buy milk stored at room temperature in such packaging. It has been exposed to Beta-radiation from Cobalt-60, an isotope also used in medical applications. The radiation kills essentially all the bacteria inside, after packaging, and prevents any spoiling. The milk (or any other food) is perfectly safe. But in the USA half-educated people fear anyone drinking irridated milk will turn green and grow an extra head.

[@stephanieadams3747]

Please update this! 2014 is OLD information.

[@alexandracarrico1765]

Thank you for the information. This helps me understand that as a person with life -threatening allergy to Penicillin and its cousins, my physician recently told me that almost every one of the mycins and other substitutes for Penicillins have been so overused - that should I contract a really deadly infection, there is only one $$$$$$ antibiotic which is given by IV in=hospital available to save my life. Thank you Industrial Farming thank you corrupt politicians. But again thank you Frontline for helping me understand my physician's whole therapeutic approach with me.

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@Xesxs]

The last time I asked for UTI medicine the expensive new kind didn't help me. I used a really inexpensive old fashioned sort and I healed in three days. I think it was like 7 dollars I forget the name.

[@emiliorosa9896]

Thanks you Frontline

[@MaxItUpwithMarta]

thank you for this information and thank you for leaving the comments open.

[@evelynchancellor6429]

32:26 This is the follow up question I would have asked her; *If the industry had nothing to hide then why spend money to lobby against providing information.*

[@mattgrelee2199]

That lady looks and actz like a lizard

[@RG-hf4et]

People should know what they are eating. Only purchase antibiotic free poultry & grass fed beef.

[@StarShine-Ranch]

As a VICTIM of drug-resistant skin infection, I can TESTIFY to SEVERAL doctors' BLIND use of antibiotics WITHOUT first testing whether any will WORK against that infection. When the first drug doesn't work, they just try another! My FOURTH doctor, a dermatologist, finally TESTED for resistance before we found a drug that WORKED. Over several MONTHS, the infection had SPREAD alarmingly, yet some doctors still would not even admit it was an infection, but insisted it was varicose veins! Now I have PERMANENT SCARRING as a result of medical incompetence. I guess I should be thankful I'm ALIVE, because I DID consider suicide at my lowest point, when I feared the infection would kill me. I don't know WHAT they are teaching in medical school these days, but it ISN'T *MEDICINE.*

[@serafinacosta7118]

Pré med courseware should be restricted towards Biology and Biochemistry. Students who want the easy way around , got for humanities. Pathetic.

[@coleengoodell7523]

Some of the talking heads at the end who pretended to answer the questions, without answering the questions, were infuriating.

[@lvhao5105]

Great content! The US population needs to know this information.

[@samsien9105]

Thank PBS for INFO .👍👍.

[@ChatGPTCentralNM]

Love Frontline!

[@serene_sapphire007]

I am fascinated as well. Being told I have an Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, due to food consumption is earth shattering.

[@shubham943]

I was diagnosed with epididymitis last December and i'm antibiotics fr abt 10 weeks, infection hasn't gone yet. I'm really concerned now 🥺 It's affecting my day to day life 😞

[@SIgor420]

Read about silver water, that might help. Good luck, hope you get better.

[@conqueringthelabyrinth]

Check with you doc, make sure what you type of bacteria they cultured. They should have that and ask them if there has been any issues with resistance with the antibiotic you have been on.

[@IndelibleHD]

Are you absolutely sure it's an infection? I suffer from that issue as well. Mine is mechanical. I was on antibiotics and it did nothing. Later found out it was not a bacterial issue at all. Psoas muscle plays a big part in my issue personally.

[@shubham943]

@@SIgor420 I'll definitely research abt it thank u

[@shubham943]

@@conqueringthelabyrinth I have pelvic floor dyssnergia muscle hold urine and stool back that may have caused me infection. I'll discuss with my doc abt past antibiotics intake history in next appointment

[@lynnzarina7294]

a very informative video..thank you.

[@ScotchIrishHoundsman]

“We knew it happened in labs, but didn’t have evidence it happened in the real world, so we just went ahead and pushed out more product for the next 45 years”

[@Time4Technology]

Excellent documentary, thank you.

[@fakeaccount8342]

...it's 9 years old.

[@ram90mar99]

I had mrsa and it was horrible had a p.i.c line (i.v to take home goes directly to your heart) and had to change my antibiotic bags every 6hrs. I had that p.i.c line for 6 months!

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

I know this 7 year old boy that discovered the answers to this problem. He tested and retested his findings multiple times; ending with the same conclusion. It was easy for him because the closed aquarium systems he studied were easily isolated allowing him to observe propagation over multiple generations of wild caught show guppies. Avoiding loss of health, vigor, coloration, and loss of size of his show guppies was practiced routinely with great success after the second generation of guppies by using various breeding techniques. The most successful practice is to create maximum separation of both genetics and environment but inevitably new wild caught stock of both sexes need to be implemented. However, in the cases of bacterial infection treatment he observed that the stock could be brought back to a high level - competitive show quality condition, but that the treated stock would no longer be suitable for breeding. This was because the ensuing generations would degrade rapidly in health and vigor. The best approach is to eliminate the antibiotic treated stock then strip clean and sterilize the environment. He moved on to study carnivorous fish observing aggressive parasitic infections.

[@mattgrelee2199]

Dude should work for the CDC instead of goffing around with fish

[@fakeaccount8342]

Atrazine is good for us!

[@seigedrakonera5689]

The abuse of antibiotics is getting dangerous as antibiotics are not not working as well as they used to. I know with my second bout of sepsis I had that seriously should have killed me, but still took forever to kill. I was on super strong IV antibiotics for nearly *a* *full* *year* . So now I have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease from the nuclear meds. I've got a chronic illness and an in an out of hospitals an doctors and nurses have been talking about how pretty much all the older antibiotics are starting to doing near nothing. There are VERY few "back up" antibiotics right now. So if... when our antibiotics stop working it will be a dark day in history for sure.

[@jimminniehan2548]

Really well done, thank you. I thought I was pretty savy on antibiotic use and this tells me I needed a lot more information, thank you.

[@fakeaccount8342]

Lookout, now they want to vaccinate your poultry! I'm sure it's totally safe and effective just like the _warp speed_ MAGA jabs.

[@ToeKneeMarlow]

Stop. Eating. Animals.

[@maloureyes2639]

Many are getting sick because of food we eat.

[@RickElias1]

eat organics only for a long healthy life. Replace antibiotics with colonial silver. It stimulates stem cell growth

[@SandraCrockett]

Wow. Eye Opening

[@makaracomeau160]

17yrs ago I got MRSA following triple bypass. The drogs they pumped into my pick line daily for 6weeks took out the MESA but killed 50 percent of my inner ear function . Never informed me if the side effects I still deal with. Infection left me with a large deep to bone scar on my upper chest. I'm betting if I got that MRSA today I'm sure it has evolved to a much stronger version!!!!!

[@Vector_Ze]

I love Frontline. Strange, that this episode aired four days after my hometown was flattened by Category 5 Hurricane Michael. We didn't have electricity restored until 10-days after this aired.

[@maddie9185]

I love Frontline

[@daniburke9452]

As of July 2023 farmers will no longer be able to go to their feed store and purchase antibiotics they will have to go to a Vet

[@dudzinski324]

This will only affect small farmers, most of which do not sell to the public. More animals on these small farms will die due to the new law. It’s about $200.00 for a vet farm visit. Do a little research before jumping up and down with glee. The huge mega farms employ their own vets and will continue prescribing antibiotics.

[@venk777]

This was awesome

[@louisecamm9058]

Thank you

[@totonow6955]

I got mersa effecting my facial skin and lived near industrial farms. It took 6 years and a move away from the farms to recover. P.s. I also kept having to take antibiotics for u t I that would not get better. Right before our move I had been recommended to to a specialist for this. Did the move help me recover from this as well? Ps. I know of two people where I live now that have had to try fecal transplants. One died and the other has been out of work for 2 years. The transplants have not worked yet.

[@jameeduke-to1dn]

This is my favorite show

[@kristensorensen2219]

Ferril pigs are a great substitute for industrial pig farming. States like Texas are drounding in these animals. The old practice of hunting instead of industrial farming needs to be revived.

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

Don't they have parasites?

[@VoltairesRevenge]

@@AnonymousanonymousA Yes, those parasites are called humans.

[@VoltairesRevenge]

Why is this post written so poorly? Public school.

[@nknatewood8226]

FRONTLINE PBS | Official: It's 'interesting' to note when _Big Govt_ actually tries to do something that will benefit the population, such as _require_ those who use antibiotics in industrial farming operations to report _exactly how_ these are used in those operations, just how _unwilling_ others in the same _Big Govt_ are to implementing said requirements. Why is this the case?!? Why are 'they' not on the same page??? This question remains unanswered well into the 2020s... This is simply *_astounding!_* 🤯🤯🤯

[@billytheweasel]

I just obediently finished a 3 day antibiotic prescription. It seemed like a sort course. It was, 10-15 days is recommended. I was afraid to question the Dr but wish I did. The issue didn’t resolve.

[@shirleywilliams2843]

Man just outsmarts himself, Everytime!

[@thetruthserum2816]

The WHO lists antibiotic resistance and climate change as the largest risks to humanity, and yet we still have industry fighting against the science 40 years later... Until these industries are held monetarily accountable, the profit motive for greed and gluttony will continue to drive their actions.

[@lizslilcorneroftheinstitut7144]

Being that I am 47, I feel like my entire life has been about company A having a product or service sold that was done in such a way, profit was the only goal. Then when enough people die, there is enough support to get a very small amount of change from that industry. The amount and quality of change and improvement seems directly related to how many people died, and how many people died horribly. That’s true of damn near every line of industry. And the people who run the companies are more than willing to have acceptable levels of loss, presuming it’s not their family or loved ones. The petroleum industry. The chemical industry. The pharmaceutical industry. The food industry. The flight industry. The airplane industry. The shipping industry. The tobaccos industry. The firearms industry. I could go on and on…. The one main thing that they all have in common is that change, impactful change, is directly related to who is injured, sickened and/or killed. Or in one phrase: Tombstone Technology It is such an extremely rare case to see a member in one of these industries choose to run their companies as if their loved ones worked for the industry and were customers of the industry. That’s a sad fact to realize!

[@natebenefield738]

providers are responsible. the pure corruption in the hospital setting is unreal - overprescribing everything, not just antibiotics.

[@jennifergongora9727]

I worry about the antibiotics affect us injected in animals we eat . then we get colan cancer, constipated , can't digest food properly ,etc....

[@soinda87]

The size and taste of chicken scared me when I got to this country. That 🍗 is just abnormal 😂😂

[@ritaharmon]

I am so scared for myself cuz I have to be in an antibiotic for the rest of my life and I’m only 42! I have to take it cuz I had Staph infection in my incision from a revision on my hip replacement. I’m just so scared that I’m gonna get really sick with an infection one day and because I’m on antibiotics the infection will overpower it!

[@sweettaterpie7009]

Just eat super healthy organic. You'll be fine. 🙏🏼 Get a second opinion. Maybe the Staph is gone now.

[@D.E..]

You might also look into natural antibiotics. Consult with a naturopathic Dr.

[@someguy2135]

@@sweettaterpie7009 One more reason to boycott animal products. For example, vegans were less likely to suffer severe effects from the current pandemic. Garlic and mushrooms also help improve your immune system. Not just vegan, but whole food plant based vegan.

[@someguy2135]

A fully plant based diet improves the immune system according to a study published in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. Ttle, subtitle, etc.- "Plant-based and/or fish diets may help lessen severity of COVID-19 infection Associated with 73% and 59% lower odds, respectively, of moderate to severe disease Plant-based and/or fish (pescatarian) diets may help lower the odds of developing moderate to severe COVID-19 infection, suggest the findings of a six-country study, published in the online journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health."

[@sweettaterpie7009]

@@someguy2135 Right!

[@persephoneharrison3439]

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

[@kristinabouquet7108]

We have to grow our own I would like to do something about this. For the untimely passing of my Mom. Atleast with the spreading of the waste material.for.fertilizer. it was so.putrid it gagged you with every breath. She had incense in every window all.summer long. It was GROSS. God bless her beautiful homesteaders and gardener soul

[@brianwideman2342]

It all comes down to $$$$

[@VeraHuden-mj5bt]

Not saying this happens everywhere but there are still doctors and hospitals that automatically prescribe antibiotics when an asthmatic patient experiences an asthma attack because they don't know what caused the problem so infection is treated.

[@tomtee4442]

I'm so glad I went to natural pathic medicine and remedies years ago to fix my problem. No addiction, no killer, suicidal or deadly side effects. No harm to your body. Natural pathic medicine was First in the world not pharma. Trusting regular doctors has addicted billions to a life long addiction and their family members problems for life!!!

[@huynthai]

Fast and cheap is the reasons we use to delay what we have to do, to pay for a proper product. But as it is a delay payment, we have to pay sooner or later by all means (our health)

[@scorpio252000]

If we do farming with minimal or without antibiotics, are we as a people ready to pay a lot more for our food? Without these antibiotics, the operating cost and mortality of the farm animals will go up. I'm willing to pay more but I am not sure if most of US is ready.

[@pseudokowski]

How much longer are we going to let this happen?

[@trumpwon8064]

It's too late

[@youtubehasacontrolpolicypr9884]

Lol we don’t have a choice the government will force us to compley

[@inc2000glw]

I don't mind the use of antibiotics. I would like foods labeled better.

[@monicascott2354]

Get 'em, David!!!

[@healthquesthor5265]

PBS, can you please do a research on the following substance which might help in the fight on antibiotic resistant bacterias? Came across some materials on chlorine dioxide. Commonly confused with bleach used as laundry/cleaning agent. Used in agriculture, horticulture and water purification systems. EPA approved dosage is 0.8ppm for drinking water sanitation but there are published studies as well as NOAEL as high as 100+ppm from what i remember. Lots of anecdotal testimonies as well that resolves MRSA infections as well as other bacterial/fungal infections. Just remembered this through my readings previously when I chanced upon this documentary of yours. Seen the other one too where you documented 3 human cases of infections.

[@healthquesthor5265]

This could be used topically to treat non-healing wounds infected with antibiotic resistant strains. For Hail Mary cases, what's there to lose if it is administered internally for severe infections. Studies also are available it is not toxic and doesn't cause haemolysis in the RBCs. Please interact with COMUSAV Group of doctors who are using this solution amongst their patients. They are mostly Spanish speaking doctors in the South America area.

[@prashanthb6521]

Its over guys ! Say goodbye to your loved ones. When food itself becomes a conduit to your demise ....

[@timgriffin3368]

Soylent Green, Let's Go!!!

[@dr.madanrayamajhi6777]

Antibiotics resistance is globally concern...we must aware to patient using irrational using Ab...🙏🏾🇳🇵

[@Once800-]

There are people who ask and get antibiotics for everything and anything. Little bit of cough = antibiotics. Little bit of anything = antibiotics.

[@lotsofhairbutnomoney3705]

Nature always wins. Allopathy is silly.

[@davidankenbrand6503]

Where there is smoke, there is fire. Where is the common sense? Profit over life is not the way it should be in life.

[@Gina-dn6xm]

I only eat chickens, not treated with antibiotics. My diet is mostly plant and legumes. Yes, the chicken costs more, but beans are cheap.

[@curtisscott9251]

I'm a system's analyst. The CAUSE of antibiotic resistance IS a SPECIFIC PRACTICE on farms. In this video, at time index 14:17 you see a video clip of a hog farm. Pause it and LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE FLOORS IN THE PENS. Those pens allow all animal waste to go down thru the floor where it ALL is collected in a ceespool. THAT CESSPOOL is WHERE the conditions exist to produce drug resistant bacteria. (Say that last sentence out loud until it sinks in). I'll explain: To produce a drug resistant organism, you need to provide an environment where the organism can multiply IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DRUG. The drug is IN the animal wastes and those wastes are allowed to remain organically active in a large container (the cesspool) where multiple generations of bacteria can multiply in an unbroken chain for YEARS. What you end up with are strains of bacteria in the cesspool that have been in constant exposure to antibiotics for YEARS and are completely composed of organisms that are progeny from those that were able to multiply despite the antibiotic's presence. Then - one day a worker's boot, glove, tractor, etc comes in contact with the cesspool material and then contaminates everything else it touches. ELIMINATE THE CESSPOOLS FROM THE FARMS AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE WILL STOP BEING A THREAT. This is a DISASTER that can be stopped and notice that stopping it does NOT involve reducing necessary antibiotic use. Stopping this problem is accomplished by stopping the mechanism that allows bacteria to live out multiple generations exposed to continuous antibiotic levels.Stopping this problem is accomplished by stopping the mechanism that allows bacteria to live out multiple generations exposed to continuous antibiotic levels.Stopping this problem is accomplished by stopping the mechanism that allows bacteria to live out multiple generations exposed to continuous antibiotic levels. THIS should be an INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY ENFORCED BY TREATY. ELIMINATE BACTERIAL RESISTANCE GENETIC CHAIN MECHANISMS SUCH AS THE CESSPOOLS!

[@imthelovestamp]

Bro. Vets as a whole need to step up and speak out about this. Strongly. It's a moral obligation for them at this point I'm in medical school, and if you ever suggested using "prophylactic antibiotics", you'd get rekt

[@jjohnson649]

Hmm, this vegan thing doesn’t sound that bad after watching this

[@Braveheart.22]

After 50 years on not eating meat I can tell you it is an intelligent decision.

[@conniekabasharira7084]

Bad thing is that even crops are being over sprayed with chemicals and over fertilized, vegetables are not that healthy like they used to

[@wensdyy6466]

well those animals are needed (grazing of livestock can be really good for biodiversity and managment of landscape that would otherwise used heawy machines that degrade the soil) so I´m really glad that in the EU we do not alow preventative use of antibiotic, we have high hygenic standards and smaller farms (less risk of animals getting sice and using antibiotic ONLY in ill animals). Also as we try to move towards more enviromental friendly agroculture manure from farms is the only way forward when we talk about any plant base food (as syntetic fertilazors cause eutrophyzation=death of plants/fish/invertabrets and poisonous water). So we NEED to have quite a lot of animals as a source of manure even if every single person on the planet decides to be vegan

[@robtorres5518]

How do you get the position of FDA commissioner without any interest in positive change?

[@MichaelVascellaro]

he really makes a claim to have healthier chickens wile raising them and detaining them into a barn. what a joke of a man.

[@johnathanwilliamleonnorth2040]

There's a blindspout to, i could answer that list of questions! I wrote about this about 12 years ago!

[@vegandogs]

As a society we need to advance out of eating living creatures, meat is just molecules in a certain configuration and we can work to recreate that without the middle man (animal) that feels and is capable of suffering as much as our pets.

[@wensdyy6466]

or take the europe way of doing it-small farms that has cows grazing (sustainable way of not only growing cows/goats/sheep but also taking care of cultural landscape or as I have seen quite a few project as a way to manage grasslands in a national park that would otherwise requiere a lot of work from humans and achieved worse results(smaller number of criticale endangered species of plants and invertebrates) than letting animals graze there) or small farms with inside pens (=source of manure for plant base food production that we try to promote instead of usind syntetic fertilizors that causes eutrofyzation of the water.) High hygenic standards in small farms that only use antibiotic when the animal is actually sick-not the mega farms like in the USA that care only about the profit

[@georgerunhomestead299]

Seeing how many chickens packed into such a small space is why the chickens get sick. If we farmed differently the chickens wouldn't get sick and wouldn't need antibiotics. You have to eat 30 store bought eggs to equal the nutrition of 1 free range chicken.

[@BoydGilbreath]

The first antibiotic was penicillin. It only took one year before ti was recognized that some bacteria had developed resistance to it. Anew antibiotic was brought out, methcillin! In six months Some bacteria had developed resistance to that. The bacteria were ready for antibiotics! All this other stuff blaming antibiotic resistance on people, doctors, hospitals, etc. would need to take this into account before reporting so broadly.

[@shawnrhyme5831]

I find odd that none of the good bacteria is even mentioned. Most bacteria is good for us and animals as well. Personally I think that even though the public don't know what's going on behind the scenes, that it's all bad. These companies are in business to make money and if they screw up it's going to cost them a lot. The report was good, but 1 sided.

[@newskiee]

You’re onto something

[@lawrencemaweu]

Give it to human beings to mess everything up, just for a piece of chicken...what is wrong with people....

[@bossyspaghetti]

Ven if you avoid prescriptions and food containing antibiotics, we are still screwed- it's in the water to the point where everyone is exposed daily.

[@emmahardesty4330]

Aside from many things that might be said here, note that those chickens being raised in that huge barn are classified as "Free Range" simply because they're not in cages.

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

Truth is it's not about the animals.

[@s.h.y.g.h.o.s.t.d.o.l.l]

Someone very close to me died a few (less than 5) yrs ago & he was resistant to antibiotics, constantly getting urinary tract infections and he eventually passed away in his 50s. He was definitely not healthy. Extremely overweight and bed bound. He had mersa too. Idk if I'm spelling it right.

[@s.h.y.g.h.o.s.t.d.o.l.l]

Edit holy shit I typed that out before it got to the mersa part. I had no clue y'all were going to talk about it

[@ghmonroe9872]

I note that the farthest homes from farming operations that have the MERSA tend to be south of the operation. Don't all of PA's rivers run north to south?

[@jeremytoney9367]

I see a couple of options with the food that this nation creates. 1. teach people to have a botanical diet which means no dairy products or meat. Products of any kind. 2. Change the way we do meat production in the world so that the products that are created go a lot further. 3. Develop new solutions between agriculture and the population of the world, and the people who regulate the industries that we rely on for our food. I am not opposed to regulations that actually help create more food but when the industry is so interested in their own profit margin or lining their pockets, that’s when I start having problems because I know that my costs will continue to rise as these people continue to make excuses about why they had to do this or that particular process in the delivery of food to my local store. I would welcome seeing a process where both regulators and farmers, and the FDA were to work together to create a safe product for the human consumption that is reliable and ecologically sustainable. If they don’t work together, then we are going to have a serious problem with some major fruit crisis across the world!

[@wensdyy6466]

as a someone from the EU-we do not alowe preventative use of antibiotic, the hygenic standards for animals are much muh higher than in the USA (less animals get sick=even less use of antibiotic), also there are almost no "mega farms" that would increase the risk of disease (unlike the US)

[@user-im8oc4us9p]

We have to stop the corporate gried in agriculture.

[@keelyevans7692]

1832 it's amazing that we came up with all this study and practice and knowledge and we can advert the need for antibiotics by sanitizing the entire areas with the steam cleaners and the stainless steel system. I was showing with the aquaponics refertilizing the soil for the grass so that they always have fresh pastures or clean exhibits in whatever format we construct. Plus with the solid walls. They won't be able to get an injured as easily and require treatment. Also, we won't be packed in there as tightly so we won't be having as much transfer of contamination and I was having all the air ducting especially designed to have separation between the species except for when we're in there interacting but to keep our air supply the most clean and be able to adjust temperature and maintain the sovereignty of the unit being soundproof and smell proof so you can enjoy watching your herd in any condition

[@AllthingsFoodieTX]

I think keeping animals like that is part of a problem