Mastodawn

Stop pushing #American ractopamine-laced #meat ☣️🤮👎 #USDA

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"While 26 #countries hv approved #ractopamine use in #livestock, more than 165 hv #banned or restricted it, & many hv set #restrictions on or hv altogether #prohibited the #import of #pork & #beef fr ractopamine-fed #animals.. since ractopamine belongs to a class of #drugs ( #betaagonists) tt can increase people’s #heart rates.. there’s a clear case to be made tt ractopamine ought to be banned because of its awful effects on animals"

The world’s “most controversial” #food #additive, explained
☣️"Fed to #pigs in the final weeks of their lives, #ractopamine speeds up muscle gain so tt #pork producers can squeeze more #profit from each animal. But the #drug has been linked to severe adverse events in pigs, including trembling, reluctance to move, collapse, inability to stand up, hoof disorders, difficulty breathing, & even death. It also carries a number of #environmental & #human #health #concerns." 1/2
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/416398/ractopamine-pork-beef-elanco-animal-drug