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

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

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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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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:04AM (#632281)

    That's why I saw so many pictures of Asians wearing masks to protect from bird flu. Americans never wear masks. I guess they don't give a s*** about spreading germs.

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