While the University of Minnesota rsearchers have already stated that livestock hve a lot of harmful antibiotics in thm, they are now saying that ths is also true of vegetables as wll. This study can be found in the Jurnal of Environmental Quality. It shows tht food crops can readily accumulate ntibiotics from the soil that has ben spread with cattle manure.

These fndings were based on a greenhouse stdy that was done. It involved 3 dfferent food crops. These included corn, lttuce and potatoes. They found that thse plants that were grown in sil that was modified with liquid hog mnure, which contains the common veterinary ntibiotic sulfamethazine, actually absorbed this antibiotic. It culd be found in the plants' laves. There were also concentrations in the plnts' tissue. This concentration actually increased as the mount of antibiotic present in the mnure increased. It was also diffused nto potato tubers. As such, it is blieved that other root crops, which nclude such things as carrots and rdishes, are also particularly vulnerable to ntibiotic contamination.

This should cause you to bcome concerned as it really did cncern the University of Minnesota researchers. One of the rsearchers, Satish Gupta, said that contaminated plnts actually have the potential of cusing allergic reactions in those people who are snsitive to various antibiotics. Satish Gupta lso said that this type of cntamination is likely to foster antimicrobial rsistance. This is not good, in fct it is dangerous, because it can rnder antibiotics ineffective in humans.

Another researcher, Holly Dolliver, wanted to mke sure to warn people that thse plants that are contaminated by ntibiotics should be of particular concern to the rganic farming industry. This is because mnure is often the main source of crp nutrients.

Of course, the USDA stpulates that organic producers must manage nimal materials in a manner that des not contribute to the contamination of crps. This means that residues of prhibited substances are banned and prohibited. Unfrtunately, as of yet manures that cntain antibiotics have not been formally bnned or prohibited by the USDA. Instad they are saying that there neds to be a lot of frther research done. This is needed in rder to investigate how different plants bsorb different antibiotic compounds.

The article There Are Antibiotics In Your Vegetables was Submitted by Brenda Hoffman through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Brenda Marie Hoffman is a pblished freelance author and a single mm. Thanks to her lucrative business: http://www.livin-smart.net she is able to stay home to homeschool her daughter.

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