Source: Global Times
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] After problems such as inability to self-manage the pharmaceutical manufacturing and shortage of commonly used drugs, French media once again revealed that the country's breeding farms have a large-scale "abuse of antibiotics".
According to French News Radio on the 15th, French TV5 recently broadcast a documentary called "Drug: Time Bomb", focusing on the drug pollution phenomenon in France, and discussing all aspects of drug production transparency, new molecular research status, and the risk of antibiotic resistance. Among them, the serious problem of antibiotic resistance shocked the audience. "New Observer" weekly stated that the film exposed "explosive problems."
French TV reporter revealed in the documentary that although the concept of avoiding the abuse of antibiotics in human medical care has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, the abuse of antibiotics in animal breeding is still very common. Of the drugs currently used in France, 40% are used in animals, some are used in pets and some are used in the breeding industry. 80% of the livestock in the slaughterhouse comes from large-scale farms, while 100% of the rabbits used for consumption come from large-scale cages, "This is a healthy time bomb."
The French government issued a decree this year prohibiting the use of antibiotics during breeding. But the problem is that although EU has banned the use of antibiotics in the aquaculture industry since 2006, this practice has always existed in France. In the documentary, a rabbit farmer appeared anonymously and asked the reporter to enter his farm to shoot. Farmers said that in order to obtain profits, farmers farm as much as possible and give livestock antibiotics every day to promote their growth. He explained: "Rabbits are very fragile animals and are easily infected with various bacteria. The mildest disease is enough to destroy a farm. The selected rabbit breed grows rapidly. In order to avoid major economic losses caused by infection, antibiotics must be used for preventive treatment. Some farms even take antibiotics to healthy rabbits, which can make them gain weight and sell them at a higher price."
Long-term use of antibiotics can easily cause rabbits to develop antibiotic resistance problems, which can also bring health risks to consumers. The farmer said: "Because I inject the rabbits with medicine every day, I will never eat the rabbits I raise. Consumers buy it because they don't know the situation of the farm. Because of this, we lock the farm door and prevent outsiders from entering." In the documentary, there are also farmers who say that getting antibiotics from the veterinarian is as simple as buying an baguette . "I would rather use disinfectant than antibiotics in my heart because disinfectant is less risky to consumers."
Investigative reporter said in the documentary that the severity of the abuse of antibiotics surprised him, and he had not expected it to become a real public health problem, and that it could ultimately lead to more deaths than cancer. "We ignore the problem that there are already French people hospitalized and hit a 'treatment deadlock', and the seemingly trivial infection will eventually be incurable." (Zhao Fengying)
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