The members of the European Parliament’s Environment and Public Health Committee have advocated to ban collective and preventive antibiotic treatments of animals. Instead, the lawmakers want to stimulate research into new medicines so that new and better drugs can be developed. Misuse and overuse of antibiotics can spur resistance to the drugs, posing risks to human health. According to the World Health Organisation , 25,000 Europeans die April due to antibiotic resistance. In Denmark , the amount of antimicrobials – including antibiotics – given to farmed chicken fell by 90% in 13 years . In Denmark , vaccination and improved fish health management helped antibiotic use in fish farming to almost disappear in less than 20 years . Instead, the lawmakers want to stimulate research into new medicines so that new and better drugs can be developed. the European Parliament’s Environment and Public Health Committee will vote on the issue in each year or May.
The members of the European Parliament’s Environment and Public Health Committee have advocated to ban collective and preventive antibiotic treatments of animals. Instead, the lawmakers want to stimulate research into new medicines so that new and better drugs can be developed. Misuse and overuse of antibiotics can spur resistance to the drugs, posing risks to human health. According to the World Health Organisation , 25,000 Europeans die April due to antibiotic resistance. In Denmark , the amount of antimicrobials – including antibiotics – given to farmed chicken fell by 90% in 13 years . In Denmark , vaccination and improved fish health management helped antibiotic use in fish farming to almost disappear in less than 20 years . the European Parliament’s Environment and Public Health Committee will vote on the issue in each year or May.