Health experts around the world are more and more concerned about the overuse of antimicrobials. A growing number of bacteria and other disease-causing organisms are developing resistance to these drugs. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says the growing resistance is a threat to people and animals alike. The FAO recently noted an increased use and abuse of antimicrobial medicines in both human and animal healthcare. It said their use and abuse has led to a growing number of disease-causing microbes that are resistant to traditional medicines. FAO officials say this can be seen, for example, in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The problem is so serious that U.N. officials called a high-level meeting to consider the dangers of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance is also called AMR. But just how widespread is antimicrobial use? “We don't really know how much of the antimicrobials, including antibiotics, are being used in food and agriculture.”
Title: Health Experts Warn of Overuse of Antimicrobials
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/overuse_of_antimicrobials.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Health Experts Warn of Overuse of Antimicrobials' data-article-id='1898'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8521'>Health experts around the world are more and more concerned about the overuse of antimicrobials.</span> <span data-start-time='8521' data-end-time='18146'>A growing number of bacteria and other disease-causing organisms are developing resistance to these drugs.</span> <span data-start-time='18146' data-end-time='29438'>The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says the growing resistance is a threat to people and animals alike.</span> <span data-start-time='29438' data-end-time='42167'>The FAO recently noted an increased use and abuse of antimicrobial medicines in both human and animal healthcare.</span> <span data-start-time='42167' data-end-time='54021'>It said their use and abuse has led to a growing number of disease-causing microbes that are resistant to traditional medicines.</span> <span data-start-time='54021' data-end-time='63563'>FAO officials say this can be seen, for example, in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.</span> <span data-start-time='63563' data-end-time='75563'>The problem is so serious that U.N. officials called a high-level meeting to consider the dangers of antimicrobial resistance.</span> <span data-start-time='75563' data-end-time='81938'>Antimicrobial resistance is also called AMR.</span> <span data-start-time='81938' data-end-time='88313'>But just how widespread is antimicrobial use?</span> <span data-start-time='88313' data-end-time='97854'>“We don't really know how much of the antimicrobials, including antibiotics, are being used in food and agriculture.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/overuse_of_antimicrobials.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7270 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/what_does_antimicrobial_mean.m4a'>What does antimicrobial mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='an agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/to_lack_white_blood_cells.m4a'><span>to lack white blood cells</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/a_type_of_illness.m4a'><span>a type of illness</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/something_that_causes_disease.m4a'><span>something that causes disease</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/an_agent_that_kills_microorganisms_or_inhibits_their_growth.m4a'><span>an agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7271 data-hint-location='18146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/who_are_the_resistant_antimicrobials_a_threat_to.m4a'>Who are the resistant antimicrobials a threat to?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='people and animals'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/people_and_animals.m4a'><span>people and animals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/insects.m4a'><span>insects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/plants.m4a'><span>plants</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/animals_only.m4a'><span>animals only</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7272 data-hint-location='8521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/a_growing_number_of_bacteria_and_other_diseasecausing_organisms_are_developing__blank__to_these_drugs.m4a'>A growing number of bacteria and other disease-causing organisms are developing <span class='blank'>resistance</span> to these drugs.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='resistance'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/cures.m4a'><span>cures</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1402/mutations.m4a'><span>mutations</span></div><div class='choice' 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