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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.

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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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by dwilson on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:48AM (2 children)

    by dwilson (2599) on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:48AM (#632275)

    I remember reading somewhere that the odds of a 'second rise of civilization' on Earth are astronomically low, due to the first rise (us) having already consumed all the easy to access resources. Think shallow ore and coal deposits and the like. What's left, for the most part, just wouldn't be accessible to pre-bronze age technology levels.

    Maybe that isn't accurate. Or maybe it is, but if you go long-term enough (millions+ years) it'll sort itself out as plate tectonics take a hand in things. I don't know. I can think of one sure-fire way to find out, though. Anyone want to lobby President Twitter to press the button?

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  • (Score: 1) by therainingmonkey on Saturday February 03 2018, @11:41AM

    by therainingmonkey (6839) on Saturday February 03 2018, @11:41AM (#632484)

    That might be true, but all the junk from our civilisation will likely be lying around on the surface ready to be used/reused/recycled.

  • (Score: 2) by wisnoskij on Saturday February 03 2018, @02:53PM

    by wisnoskij (5149) <jonathonwisnoskiNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday February 03 2018, @02:53PM (#632532)

    We are already long past that. For the Western world we are in our second at least, but depending on how you count that number could be a lot higher.