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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @09:08PM
Those can mess you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSvLKY7HEk [youtube.com]