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Antibiotics changed our food. Here's how to change it back

TEDxYouth@CEHS 2018Dec 201812 min67960 views

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In this sobering talk, health writer Maryn McKenna explains how the use of antibiotics in food production transformed modern agriculture and the way the world eats -- but not for the overall better. With stories highlighting the success of activists, policymakers and the general public to reform production practices, McKenna stresses one key point: "Consumers have power."