Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services wants to spray antibiotics on citrus groves to combat greening disease, and is applying for an exemption with the EPA. Similar to the fight of routine antibiotic use in animal agriculture, there's concern over human … [Read more...]
Human Antibiotics Sprayed on Orange Trees for Greening Disease: What will this mean for us?
Similar to the fight of routine antibiotic use in animal agriculture, there's concern over human antibiotics treating crop disease. Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has through the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) applied to … [Read more...]