http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/travel/shrimp-shrimp-farming-and-the-environment-is-your-meal-safe.htm Useful environmentally friendly news and advice. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/travel/shrimp-shrimp-farming-and-the-environment-is-your-meal-safe.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4792 B Durreett Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:33:09 +0000 http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/?p=2244#comment-4792 If shrimp from Thailand is from poluted waters, and is unsafe to eat, how can supermarkets get away with selling it? If shrimp from Thailand is from poluted waters, and is unsafe to eat, how can supermarkets get away with selling it?

]]> http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/travel/shrimp-shrimp-farming-and-the-environment-is-your-meal-safe.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4436 Satos de Piñones » Blog Archive » Shrimp On Your Plate? Think Twice (Your Liver, Endangered Mangroves, And Poorly Paid Workers Will Thank You) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:09:31 +0000 http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/?p=2244#comment-4436 [...] The Practical Environmentalist points out that much of our shrimp comes from “the same countries that gave us milk tainted with chemicals and toys painted with lead.” Among other liver-damaging antibiotics, chloramphenicol is used on shrimp farms in these countries—an antibacterial chemical you aren’t exactly ignorant for not having heard of, considering it is banned in the U.S. and much of the west because of its toxic effects on the body and is blamed for often-fatal blood disorders. [...] [...] The Practical Environmentalist points out that much of our shrimp comes from “the same countries that gave us milk tainted with chemicals and toys painted with lead.” Among other liver-damaging antibiotics, chloramphenicol is used on shrimp farms in these countries—an antibacterial chemical you aren’t exactly ignorant for not having heard of, considering it is banned in the U.S. and much of the west because of its toxic effects on the body and is blamed for often-fatal blood disorders. [...]

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