"..The more that TB, or any bacterium, is exposed to an antibiotic, the greater the chance that it will eventually become ineffective on that bacterium. By spraying orchards with antibiotics year after year, disease-causing bacteria in those orchards are given numerous chances to mutate into forms that are impervious to the antibiotic. The antibiotics streptomycin and tetracycline have been used in organic apple and pear production since 1995. There is also the issue of our gut flora when we consume the antibiotics. Studies show that good bacteria that are killed off by antibiotics may not ever return in their previous numbers. Given the importance of healthy gut flora in preventing numerous diseases, none of us can afford to have our gut flora compromised by unnecessary antibiotics. We know it is possible for growers to produce organic apples and pears without antibiotics, because they do it for Canada and the European Union (EU), which forbid antibiotics in organic fruit. About twenty percent of the apple and pear orchards in Washington State, the nation’s leading producer of organic apples and pears, are antibiotic-free..."
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:18:30 +0000
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