Increased Asthma Found Among Iowa Children Living On Hog Farms

New research has just been published concerning the increased rate of asthma with those who are raised on a swine farms and use anti-biotics within the feed. What interests me is that they have also found that those who live in industrialized nations also have an increased risk of Asthma and Allergies. For all we might try in avoiding the alignments of today, nature is much more inventive in altering our plans. Antibiotics and Antibacterial soaps and detergents will spring new life in those things we cannot see.

New research conducted by investigators in the University of Iowa College of Public Health has found that the prevalence of asthma is elevated among children living on farms where swine are raised. Children living on swine farms where antibiotics are added to feed have a significantly higher prevalence of the respiratory disease, according to the UI study.

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