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I always thought it was only a matter of time before the general public heard the term "antibiotic resistance" and had a freak out.

Conveniently ignoring the fact that they're literally feeding the stuff to livestock to improve growth rates / feed efficiency [1]. Talk about dangerous gain-of-function "research". Industrial vat grown protein cannot come soon enough [2].

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_use_in_livestock

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eaTIe_TBZA



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