Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics

The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr. Zhang, a Guizhou Province resident, “used to be so clear that we could see the bottom,” he told The Epoch Times in an interview. It was the source of drinking water for the whole village.

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump. Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support, Mr. Zhang said, they were liberal in use of urea, animal manure, and antibiotics, with no regard for how things would turn out down the line. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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