Excessive Use Of Antibiotics Alexander Essay

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Chicken are treated with antibiotics and with a drug with contains arsenic. These drugs are given to birds when they are sick, and also, to make them grow faster. This treatment on birds is dangerous for humans because, if the meat isn't cooked well, people can fall ill, and the drugs that they were normally using would not destroy bacteria. This is because of the fact that excessive use of antibiotics on chicken made the bacteria develop stronger in its body and because the meat isn't cooked properly, bacteria are transferred in the organism, being immune to common drugs. This case is not only for chicken, but for the other animals, such as pigs, cows, etc. So, the meat or other products from chickens, pigs, cows that have been administrated antibiotics is not healthy, and can make people fall ill, with their affections being difficult to treat. With these problems in mind, farmers and ranchers should be careful regarding the administration of antibiotics on animals. Antibacterial products are necessary in some situations. When you are on a road trip and you don't have water or soap, you can effectively use an antibacterial soap or lotion instead. You can use antibacterial soap excessively, because, contrary to what you have learned, the human body can't live without bacteria. The human body is strong and can fight against bacteria alone. As in the excessive use of antibiotics, when bacteria become stronger and immune to drugs, the excessive...

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It was showed that children, who are raised in an antiseptically clean environment, can easily become victims of allergies, asthma and eczema. You can use normal soap every day, because washing your hands with it keeps some germs away.
In conclusion, the excessive use of antibiotics is harming the human body. First of all, it makes bacteria immune to antibiotics that are administrated normally, making it stronger, and decreasing the body's immunity. Also, the excessive use of antibiotics on animals is harming people's health. The meat and products coming from animals which were administrated antibiotics excessively can harm the health of its consumers. As a consequence, these illnesses can't be treated easily, because bacteria became immune to antibiotics. Also, antibacterial products that are used in excess can make people fall victim to allergies, asthma or eczema. The only way for this thing not to happen anymore would be for the administration of antibiotics to be safe. That means that antibiotics should be administrated only when they are needed, and as long as there is no alternative to it.

Works cited:

1. Amyes, Sebastian G.B. Magic Bullets, Lost Horizons: The Rise and Fall of Antibiotics (London: Taylor & Francis, 2001)

2. Levy, Stuart B. How Miracle Drugs Are Destroying the Miracle (New York: Plenum Press, 1992)

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Works cited:

1. Amyes, Sebastian G.B. Magic Bullets, Lost Horizons: The Rise and Fall of Antibiotics (London: Taylor & Francis, 2001)

2. Levy, Stuart B. How Miracle Drugs Are Destroying the Miracle (New York: Plenum Press, 1992)


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