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McDonald\u2019s has a chance to help save thousands of lives \u2014 but only if it follows through on its commitment to fighting antibiotic resistance.<\/p>\n

Back in 2018, PIRG helped convince McDonald\u2019s to make a plan for cutting down on the overuse of medically important antibiotics in its beef supply chain. Antibiotic-resistant \u201csuperbugs,\u201d which experts estimate may kill as many as 162,000 Americans every year, are becoming more common in part due to these medicines being used irresponsibly on factory farms. To help fight this growing public health crisis, McDonald\u2019s committed to setting antibiotics reduction targets for its beef supply chain by the end of 2020. But more than halfway through 2021, the fast food giant had yet to follow through.<\/p>\n

\u201cMcDonald\u2019s can send such a strong message to the beef industry that it\u2019s time to stop overusing life-saving antibiotics by cutting use in its own beef supply chain,\u201d said Lydia Palumbo, Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics campaign associate with U.S. PIRG Education Fund. \u201cBut missing its deadline for doing so sends the exact wrong message.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on U.S. PIRG Education Fund\u2019s Sept. 30 webinar on the subject, Sameer Patel, M.D. MPH, added: \u201cOne thing we should learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is that an infectious disease is everybody\u2019s problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo: Matt Wellington holds a press conference in 2019 to release U.S. PIRG Education Fund's \"Chain Reaction\" report and urge McDonald's to stop misusing our lifesaving antibiotics. Credit: Ty Acierto, Prudence Photography<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

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