The overuse of antibiotics in farming is a major threat to human health, a UN report warns.
Drug resistance is spreading from farms into surrounding areas, affecting medication used by humans and putting millions of lives at risk, it adds.
Such resistance is making even the most powerful medication, known as ‘last-resort’ antibiotics, ineffective.
England’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has already warned antibiotic resistance could make routine operations such as hip replacements life-threatening within a few years.
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