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« Good news, i guess | Main | Yeah, But Can They Power Things? » Mmm...Staph-Flavored Bacon...Damn you, factory farm supporting meat-eaters. One strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) known as CC398 has been rapidly spreading through poultry and pig farms, infecting people who work with the animals around the world (up to 26.5 percent of farm workers sampled in the Neatherlands), and popping up in nearly half of all meat sampled in the U.S. (Yes, that says "Neatherlands". Damn you, Scientific American editors! *shakes fist*) The detailed new study helps to clarify how this new breed of drug-resistant staph, known as livestock-acquired MRSA, has become so prevalent among livestock so quickly--after only having been spotted spreading back to humans about a decade ago. "We can't blame nature or the germs," Paul Keim, director of TGen's Pathogen Genimics Division and co-author of the study, said in a prepared statement. "It is our inappropriate use of antibiotics that is now coming back to haunt us." So, clearly, my biggest concern is can the contaminated runoff from these farms then contaminate vegetable crops? If they can, then cereally, goddamn you. But if not, then i would suggest you all consider giving veganism a try. Or at least start buying organic. And also, stop shaking hands with people. People are dirty. By min | February 21, 2012, 2:23 PM | Science |