China, Export Fish, Antibiotics & the Next Plague

The FDA is blocking imports of Chinese farm-raised seafood after finding 25% had residues of illegal antibiotics and chemicals. (FDA Statement)

I am glad to see the FDA taking this step as it is a good first step toward reducing the threat of a global pandemic caused by putting huge quantities of antibiotics into farm-raised fish. For more on that (and why it is a more serious problem in China that elsewhere), see >> Populations, Oceans and Influenza and Sharing Death and Disease Across Species

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