The simplest explanation is that antibiotics lead to a…

“Today, an estimated 70–80 percent of all antibiotics sold in the United States are used for the single purpose of fattening up farm animals:”

— Martin J. Blaser

“exposure to antibiotics early in life causes microbial perturbations at a crucial time, just when organs and systems are developing.”

— Martin J. Blaser

Up to 90% of the total decline in the death rate of children between 1860-1965 because of whooping cough, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and measles…

— Archie Kalokerinos

People are going to start realizing, why take those antibiotics that are extracts of mushrooms? Why not just have the mushrooms?

— David Wolfe

Even diseases have lost their prestige, there aren't so many of them left. Think it over... no more syphilis, no more clap, no more…

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Do any of us actually want to live in a world where your boss can decide that he or she is morally opposed to…

— Richard Carmona

Medicine allows people to live who would otherwise die, so antibiotics will let people survive infections that they might be otherwise very vulnerable to…

— Carl Zimmer

I've never had a sinus infection or been on antibiotics since cutting out dairy.

— Mayim Bialik

I don't prefer to fill my body with antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and growth hormones - my body is my temple, and I treat it…

— Suzanne Whang

I don't want food that comes from animals that are caged up and fed antibiotics. I am really suspicious of that kind of production…

— Alice Waters

I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the…

— Nargis Fakhri

While consumers may be more shocked by pink slime or the feeding of Prozac to poultry, the routine feeding of millions of pounds of…

— Michael Greger

When you look at the consequences of climate change, at rainforest deforestation, at antibiotic resistance, these are not necessarily political issues, but rather issues…

— Moby

When we prescribe antibiotics for a strep throat, it's not even for the strep throat. It's for the complications of the strep throat.

— Mikhail Varshavski

Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.

— A. P. J. Abdul Kalam