link between chicken and urinary tract infection - or between low cost meat and high-cost health care

According to several reports, the use of antibiotics to produce low-cost chicken meat leads to the evolution of 'superbugs' - multi-drug resistant bacteria, which can cause a number of human diseases, including urinary tract infections. Such infections account for a 1-2 billion USD health care cost. It's a great deal: First large-scale poultry factories maximise their gains by selling sick chicken, and then pharmaceutical industry and health care providers get huge revenues from the sick humans. It's a win-win, except for those who don't have the money to buy organic produce or who don't have the guts to go vegetarian.