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"A woman in Nevada died from an antibiotic-resistant infection. ...they gave her 26 antibiotics. That's the entire suite of antibiotics available to US doctors and not one of them worked," says Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Overuse of antibiotics in agriculture is contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance in humans. Lena is alarmed and fighting back.
"A woman in Nevada died from an antibiotic-resistant infection. ...they gave her 26 antibiotics. That's the entire suite of antibiotics available to US doctors and not one of them worked," says Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Overuse of antibiotics in agriculture is contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance in humans. Lena is alarmed and fighting back.