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By Chris Waters, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Michigan State University
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are nothing short of a massive public health threat. By massive, we mean 700,000 deaths from antimicrobial-resistant infections per year.  
The ongoing debate over whether an antibacterial ingredient triclosan
The federal government took another small step in the battle
The FDA, after years of evading activist and scientific inquiries into the actual benefits and ri