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''In this exposé, acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy into industrial commodity — and human health threat...''  
 
''In this exposé, acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy into industrial commodity — and human health threat...''  
  
''What you eat matters—for your health, for the environment, and for future generations. In this riveting investigative narrative, McKenna dives deep into the world of modern agriculture by way of chicken: from the farm where it's raised directly to your dinner table. Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health.''  
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''What you eat matters — for your health, for the environment, and for future generations. In this riveting investigative narrative, McKenna dives deep into the world of modern agriculture by way of chicken: from the farm where it's raised directly to your dinner table. Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health.''  
  
''Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonder drugs" revolutionized the way the world eats—and not necessarily for the better. Rich with scientific, historical, and cultural insights, this cautionary tale... shows us the way to safer, healthier eating for ourselves and our children.''
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''Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonder drugs" revolutionized the way the world eats — and not necessarily for the better. Rich with scientific, historical, and cultural insights, this cautionary tale... shows us the way to safer, healthier eating for ourselves and our children.''
  
  
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[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/07/how-your-chicken-dinner-is-creating-a-drug-resistant-superbug/259700/ '''''How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug''''']
 
[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/07/how-your-chicken-dinner-is-creating-a-drug-resistant-superbug/259700/ '''''How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug''''']
  
[https://www.motherjones.com/food/2017/07/the-meat-industry-refuses-to-track-drugs-on-americas-farms-and-its-making-superbugs-worse/ '''''Meat Industry Refuses to Track Drugs on America’s Farms —and It’s Making Superbugs Worse''''']
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[https://www.motherjones.com/food/2017/07/the-meat-industry-refuses-to-track-drugs-on-americas-farms-and-its-making-superbugs-worse/ '''''Meat Industry Refuses to Track Drugs on Farms — and It’s Making Superbugs Worse''''']
  
 
[http://www.newsweek.com/after-years-debate-fda-curtails-antibiotic-use-livestock-542428 '''''After Years of Abuse, the FDA Finally Curtails Antibiotic Use in Livestock''''']  
 
[http://www.newsweek.com/after-years-debate-fda-curtails-antibiotic-use-livestock-542428 '''''After Years of Abuse, the FDA Finally Curtails Antibiotic Use in Livestock''''']  

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Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats

Published September 2017

By Penguin Random House



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Named a Best Science Book of 2017 by Amazon / Smithsonian / Science News; an Essential Science Read by Wired; a Best Health Book by the Toronto Globe and Mail; and a Best Food Book of 2017 by Civil Eats and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.



In this exposé, acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy into industrial commodity — and human health threat...

What you eat matters — for your health, for the environment, and for future generations. In this riveting investigative narrative, McKenna dives deep into the world of modern agriculture by way of chicken: from the farm where it's raised directly to your dinner table. Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health.

Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonder drugs" revolutionized the way the world eats — and not necessarily for the better. Rich with scientific, historical, and cultural insights, this cautionary tale... shows us the way to safer, healthier eating for ourselves and our children.



How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug

Meat Industry Refuses to Track Drugs on Farms — and It’s Making Superbugs Worse

After Years of Abuse, the FDA Finally Curtails Antibiotic Use in Livestock

The U.S. Can't Really Know If Farmers Are Cutting Back On Antibiotics, GAO Says



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