From a story published by the Associated Press Jan '10 .........

Researchers say the overuse of antibiotics in humans and animals has led to a plague of drug-resistant infections that killed more than 65,000 people in the U.S. last year - more than prostate and breast cancer combined.  And in a nation that used about 35 million pounds of antibiotics last year, 70 percent of the drugs - 28 million pounds - went to pigs, chickens and cows.  The rise in the use of antibiotics is part of the growing problem of soaring drug-resistance worldwide.

If you love to eat a nice, juicy, cheeseburger, pulled-pork sandwich or marinated chicken on the grill, do you best to find meat that is hormone/antibiotic free.