Questions for (3.2.2)
NPR article: Are Antibiotics On The Farm Risky Business?
Meat sold with the label, “raised without antibiotics” attract certain customers who dislike how
drugs are used on
a) Chickens
b) Turkey
c) Hogs
d) Beef cattle
e) a, b, and c
f) a, b, c, and d
[True or False?] Livestock sometimes receive antibiotics added to their feed, even if they are not
sick.
[True or False?] Livestock producers will give antibiotics to livestock if they are sick, to prevent
sickness, and/or if it helps them grow faster.
[True or False?] About 50% of all the antibiotics in the U.S. are given to farm animals.
[True or False?] Because of antibiotic use on the farm, there are usually antibiotic residues in the
meat we eat.
[True or False?] The more an antibiotic is given to livestock, the higher the likelihood that bacteria
will become resistant to it, making it difficult to treat human infections with that antibiotic.
[True or False?] Three-quarters of the antibiotics that farmers give livestock are also given to
humans.
[True or False?] Scott Hurd, a veterinarian at Iowa State University, remarked that “All published,
peer-reviewed scientific articles to date have demonstrated considerable risk from on-farm antibiotic
use.”
[True or False?] Gail Hansen, a veterinarian with the Pew Health Group, remarks that bacteria can
easily swap genes with one another, including genes for antibiotic-resistance.
University of Nebraska article: Worried About Hormones?
[True or False?] U.S. federal laws allows the use of hormone implants in cattle, hogs, and chickens.
[True or False?] Beef from cattle receiving hormone estrogen implants contain 1.9 nanograms of
estrogen per 3 ounce serving, compared to 1.3 nanograms from cattle not receiving implants.
[True or False?] The additional estrogen in 3 ounces of beef resulting from hormone implants is
equivalent to the estrogen contained in a 3-ounce serving of soy milk.
[True or False?] The additional estrogen in 3 ounces of beef resulting from hormone implants is far,
far less than the estrogen contained in a 3-ounce serving of cabbage.
[True or False] Eating 3 ounces of beef from cattle receiving estrogen implants can increase the
amount of estrogen in a non-pregnant female human by 10%.
[True or False] The body cannot digest and break-down hormones from food that is eaten, so
eating food with hormones is like receiving a shot of hormones.
Kids seem to be reaching puberty earlier. What does Dr. Frank Biro of the Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital say is the main cause?
a) Consuming beef from cattle that received hormone implants
b) Consuming pork from hogs that received hormone implants
c) Consuming chicken from chicken that received hormone implants
d) Increasing obesity in children
e) Children beginning to play sports at an earlier age