Impoverished populations in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and neighboring countries face widespread starvation if a virulent crop disease continues to spread.
The more chicken and pork a woman eats, the more likely she is to develop antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections caused by E. coli, a study says.
Thanks to the miracles of biotechnology, cotton bollworms, a severe pest to crops, have evolved resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis, a popular organic insecticide.
Scientists have come to a disturbing conclusion: Poultry workers may be “an important route of entry for antimicrobial-resistant E. coli into the community.”
