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India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics

posted by takyon on Friday February 02 2018, @06:28PM   
from the chicken-not-so-little dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The Guardian reports that according to a Bureau of Investigative Journalism study, colistin, an "antibiotic of last resort," is used by the tonnes by Indian farms to make the poultry gain weight a little bit faster. And all of this is perfectly legal. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls antibiotic resistance "a major threat to public health".

Another reason to eat less meat I guess. Like we needed one.

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Original Submission

• Eating less meat Eating less meat (Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Friday February 02 2018, @07:38PM (5 children)

  by insanumingenium (4824) on Friday February 02 2018, @07:38PM (#632121) Journal

  No-one in the world eats less meat than India.

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• Re:Eating less meat Re:Eating less meat (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @08:03PM (4 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @08:03PM (#632134)

  https://m.timesofindia.com/india/70-of-Indians-eat-non-veg-but-veg-diet-getting-popular/articleshow/52663492.cms [timesofindia.com]

  70% of India is non-vegetarian, and some regions are closer to 98%.

  In other words, India has more meat eaters than double the population of the United States. I expect your apology written in Hindi.

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  • Re:Eating less meat (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @08:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @08:25PM (#632143)

    Thank you, come again.

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  • Re:Eating less meat (Score: 4, Insightful) by tfried on Friday February 02 2018, @09:32PM

    by tfried (5534) on Friday February 02 2018, @09:32PM (#632169)

    India has more meat eaters than double the population of the United States

    And at the same time, grand total, that huge crowd of meat eaters consumes about 15% as much meat as the US population. Really highlights the fact that there is a huge area in between "forcing everybody to become vegetarian", and current levels of meat consumption.

    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption [wikipedia.org])

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  • Re:Eating less meat Re:Eating less meat (Score: 2, Touché) by insanumingenium on Friday February 02 2018, @09:36PM (1 child)

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Friday February 02 2018, @09:36PM (#632172) Journal

    And yet my statement is still true. They have the lead on vegetarianism by a mile. Don't worry no apology needed.

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    • Re:Eating less meat (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:49PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:49PM (#632611)

      Their vegans will die just as quickly as the people there that eat the chickens, though.

      sometimes doing the right thing still leaves you defenseless against stupid people.

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