Chile’s salmon farms may use more antibiotics than any other meat industry

Re:Chile’s salmon farms may use more antibiotics than any ot... by barrkel on Sunday January 14, 2018 @07:37PM (#16147548)

You're assuming that the remaining meat eaters' consumption would remain constant. It would almost certainly increase (I know mine would increase, or rather, I'd eat more expensive cuts of meat more often, like cote de boeuf); and I'd expect substitution effects - it's hard to predict what the final outcomes would be.

Lobbying for regulation would be a more effective use of your time. Or something that converts individual action into collective action with an enforcement mechanism, like group shaming - but it's hard to get these to spread reliably.

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Re:Chile’s salmon farms may use more antibiotics than any ot... by swombat on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:19PM (#16162014)

I think it's unlikely that the remainder of the population would double their meat consumption.

The more obvious failing point might be the fact that as the price of meat goes down, people (e.g. in developing countries) who weren't able to afford meat now can afford it and so consumption goes back up, so actually the production doesn't go down, instead standards drop as the consuming population becomes even less discerning as to the way the meat is produced. Grr.

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Re:Chile’s salmon farms may use more antibiotics than any ot... by greglindahl on Sunday January 14, 2018 @09:08PM (#16147936)

What if I don't want to engage in group shaming? What if I don't want to tell other people what to do?

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