Big Chicken
The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats
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The health journalist behind Superbug exposes the shocking role of antibiotics in industrial farming and the profound impact these mass food-processing practices are having on our lives and our health.
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Cage-free chickens stand in a fenced pasture near Waukon, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
'Big Chicken' Connects Poultry Farming To Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
In the 1950s, the poultry industry began dunking birds in antibiotic baths. It was supposed to keep meat fresher and healthier. That's not what happened, as Maryn McKenna recounts in her new book. Express/Getty Images hide caption