Human beings have been at least partially aware of the antibiotic effects of some substances for thousands of years. But it was not until 1928 that the age of antibiotics can be said to have truly started, with the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming.
Since then, antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria and virus have popped up at an alarming rate, due to overuse of antibiotics in both humans and animals. A 2015 report on antimicrobials in agriculture and the environment by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) found that, in some territories, the use of antimicrobials to treat animals actually exceeded the amount used to treat humans.
A 2015 report on antimicrobials in agriculture and the environment by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) found that, in some territories, the use of antimicrobials to treat animals actually exceeded the amount used to treat humans. “The relative use in agriculture, without better policies, is likely to grow even more due to the rise of economic growth, wealth, and with these, food consumption of the emerging world,” the report argued, predicting that animal consumption of microbials between 2010 and 2030 will have doubled in the major emerging meat-producing economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
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