Comments on: Sea Sick http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2010/08/sea-sick/ Creative Ideas for a Greener Future Mon, 21 May 2012 15:57:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon Gelbard http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2010/08/sea-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-18118 Jon Gelbard Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:10:53 +0000 http://www.conservationmagazine.org/?p=10327#comment-18118 I'm surprised to see this article miss the fact that about 75% of antibiotics are in fact used on livestock, not people. And in most cases, they are used to speed livestock growth, not merely to treat sick animals. More on this shocking health and environmental threat here: http://www.nrdc.org/living/healthreports/keep-antibiotics-working.asp No doubt there are a number of sources of the antibiotic resistance reported in this article, and we need science to do the careful work required to isolate and address each source. However, to overlook the use of three quarters of antibiotics -- a known driver of increasing antibiotic resistance -- is a glaring omission from this article. Fortunately, NRDC and our partners are on the case, working to drive solutions: http://www.nrdc.org/media/2012/120323.asp I’m surprised to see this article miss the fact that about 75% of antibiotics are in fact used on livestock, not people.

And in most cases, they are used to speed livestock growth, not merely to treat sick animals.

More on this shocking health and environmental threat here: http://www.nrdc.org/living/healthreports/keep-antibiotics-working.asp

No doubt there are a number of sources of the antibiotic resistance reported in this article, and we need science to do the careful work required to isolate and address each source.

However, to overlook the use of three quarters of antibiotics — a known driver of increasing antibiotic resistance — is a glaring omission from this article.

Fortunately, NRDC and our partners are on the case, working to drive solutions: http://www.nrdc.org/media/2012/120323.asp

]]> By: Emily Magnaghi http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2010/08/sea-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-2769 Emily Magnaghi Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:50:10 +0000 http://www.conservationmagazine.org/?p=10327#comment-2769 Fantastic reporting! I was aware of this situation, but not to the extent reported. Nice concise condensing of the literature cited. As a new Marine Mammal Stranding Network biologist in California, I look for signs of infection and take precautions against contamination, but I will be taking this much more seriously now. Fantastic reporting! I was aware of this situation, but not to the extent reported. Nice concise condensing of the literature cited. As a new Marine Mammal Stranding Network biologist in California, I look for signs of infection and take precautions against contamination, but I will be taking this much more seriously now.

]]> By: Bert Silverman http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2010/08/sea-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-2762 Bert Silverman Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:23:22 +0000 http://www.conservationmagazine.org/?p=10327#comment-2762 I enjoyed this article immensely. It opened up a perspective on the ocean that I had not sufficiently examined. Carefully written Ms Kessler reveals some troubling concerns about our relationship to marine life without resorting to hyperbolic rhetoric. Thanks I enjoyed this article immensely. It opened up a perspective on the ocean that I had not sufficiently examined. Carefully written Ms Kessler reveals some troubling concerns about our relationship to marine life without resorting to hyperbolic rhetoric. Thanks

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