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HomeAntibiotics

Antibiotics

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Letter from a Lamber | Farmer’s knowledge and the fight against antibiotic resistance

July 23, 2018 Aron Marshall

Despite mounting concern about antibiotic resistance globally, parts of the UK agricultural industry remain opposed to further restriction. Could the antibiotic overuse be addressed by policymakers actively incorporating traditional good husbandry knowledge of farmers into best practice management plans? […]

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The Three Most Important Human Health Implications of Organic Food

February 3, 2017 Oliver Moore

“Cadmium exposure, pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria all result in costs to society that are not typically included in the price of the fertiliser, plant protection product, or antibiotic drug. Although difficult to estimate accurately, these costs may be substantial and represent negative production externalities.” […]

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TTIP: bad news for AMR?

July 31, 2014 Robert Pederson

This webinar focused on Antimicrobial Resistance and TTIP […]

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Webinars on TTIP

July 16, 2014 ARC

Crucial web event happening on TTIP and antimicrobial resistance 24th July. […]

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Antimicrobial resistance soaring

May 16, 2014 Oliver Moore

antimicrobial resistance is on the rise and farm animals are implicated. So what to do? […]

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80 per cent of all antibiotics in the US given to healthy animals

February 7, 2014 Marek Kryda

This alarming message is coming from the only microbiologist in Congress in response to a newly released FDA regulation. […]

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Farmageddon: an investigative look at the cost of cheap meat

January 21, 2014 ARC

The new book (to be released January 30th) takes an investigative journey behind the closed doors of an industry that should be better understood […]

Latest from EU Member States

Germany’s dirty Pig Business

December 11, 2013 ARC

A true cost of Germany’s industrial pig farms […]

Latest from EU Member States

Notes from camp – Jonty Whittleton’s story from Wietze

September 3, 2013 ARC

Raw campaigner Jonty’s own account of the camp, workshops and demonstration in Wietze […]

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Human chain surrounds chicken slaughterhouse

September 2, 2013 ARC

7000 people callled for fair farming, surrounding Europe’s biggest chicken slaughterhause, which plans to slaughter 400,000 chickens daily […]

Latest from Brussels

Green MEP: Stop excessive antibiotic use in livestock!

July 30, 2013 ARC

Martin Häusling, calls for new restrictions in Germany and in Europe […]

Latest from EU Member States

Illegal antibiotics revealed in Polish chicken

July 15, 2013 ARC

Drugs revealed by Czech tests […]

Latest from the ARC network

Call for reduction of antibiotics in livestock production

May 22, 2013 ARC

ARC2020 signs joint letter sent to EU Commissioner for Health and Consumers […]

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Environment and animal welfare priority for Germans

May 14, 2012 ARC

Survey reveals German population opinion on allocation of agricultural subsidies […]

Latest from EU Member States

Antibiotic resistance found in turkey meat

February 23, 2012 ARC

Following the recent antibiotic scandal in Germany, further research reveals extent of the problem […]

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