Interesting... I've often wondered about our healthcare systems willingness to push drugs for the pharmacorps at obvious cost to our long term health. We always think that the next great antibiotic is just around the corner, but we've painted ourselves into that corner (or had it painted for us!).

After reading that antibiotics are present in drinking water all over, I found this article to be of interest: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/idso-lau041706.php