Penicillin (Antibiotics-related controversy)

Find penicillin useful

Penicillin has proven to
be effective in individuals
who have not built up
an antibiotic resistance

They are using the fungi that
penicillin is comprised of,
penicillium, to try and create
new antibiotics that deal
with the resistances built up
against current versions of
penicillin and other antibiotics

Has negative effects
on the environment
as a result of the
following chain of events:

Consumers excrete penicillin

Excretion enters wastewaters

As a result of insufficient
wastewater treatment
facilities, the penicillin
enters the environment

The penicillin kills bacteria
that could be important
to the environment it
entered

Believe it is useful;
can cure bacterial
infections (pneumonia,
scarlet fever, etc.)

Have to prescribe it
carefully to avoid
misuse and overuse

Therefore they support
its use and production,
but only if done responsibly

Many strains are used globally;
its use en masse provides
lots of revenue for pharmaceutical
companies

They are in favour of its
production

Young Children

Penicillin has been
shown to have adverse
long-term effects; has
been linked to allergies,
neurocognitive impairment,
and obesiity

Average Person

When used properly,
it is very useful; cures
bacterial infections

Usually this is the case;
they realize and support
the immense benefits
of penicillin/antibiotics

When uneducated,
they can misuse it
to treat viral infections
OR overuse it

They may develop
an aversion to
penicillin/antibiotics

Support production and research
of penicillin strains because of
their potential to save and
improve lives

Negative POV because penicillin can
enter people's diets through meats like
chicken, turkey, and pork, as they get
injected with it

When people excrete the food,
penicillin may enter the environment

If people are repeatedly
exposed to meat with
penicillin it, they will build
antibacterial resistances

Penicillin will be rendered
useless when they actually
need it

Penicillin used as a feed
additive for livestock

Has been effective in improving
the rate of efficiency and gain of
swine and poultry