[TRENDING NEWS] Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics, Alarming Health Officials

Author: ANDREW JACOBS and MICHAEL ADNO - Publish Date: May 17, 2019 at 07:00AM

In its decision to approve two drugs for orange and grapefruit trees, the E.P.A. largely ignored objections from the C.D.C. and the F.D.A., which fear that expanding their use in cash crops could fuel antibiotic resistance in humans.