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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: 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.

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