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Soaring Anitbiotic Farm Use Fuels Superbug Fears; Hawaii Still Won’t Enforce Pesticide Disclosure Law
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 11:56
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Soaring antibiotic use in animals fuels ‘super bug’ fears. Developing countries are pumping livestock full of antibiotics at such a startling rate that they are dramatically increasing the risk of creating drug-resistant “super bugs”, scientists warned on Monday.
After 2 years, Hawaii still won’t enforce pesticide disclosure law. Even as legislators consider more stringent regulations, the state Department of Agriculture hasn’t complied with a law passed in 2013 that requires it to post sales records for restricted-use pesticides on its website.
