Aquaculture eats nearly half of antibiotics in China: soil and rivers polluted by feces

Aquaculture "eats" nearly half of antibiotics in China

Let the food fly safely, antibiotics can no longer be wayward.

Recently, the news of antibiotic pollution in Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shandong and other places has once again stirred people's nerves: some antibiotic manufacturers have exceeded the standard for direct discharge of sewage, and some animal husbandry enterprises have abused antibiotics and waste water discharge. it is even reported that drinking tap water in many places also has excessive standards. "in fact, it has not been one or two days since drug residues in the farming industry have plagued the food industry. In particular, drug residues and environmental pollution caused by the abuse of antibiotics have become the most prominent problems in food safety. It's like an acne that will break out sooner or later. " An industry insider asserts.

Aquaculture drugs account for half.

Many people may think that antibiotics are most commonly used in the health care system, so they are "used in people." Actually this is not so. Xiao Yonghong, member of the antibiotics Professional Committee of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, said, "in fact, it is not, but used in the aquaculture industry related to our table time, accounting for more than half of the total domestic antibiotic consumption." Since the beginning of rectification in China in 2011, the abuse of antibiotics has been improved in large hospitals. But judging from some of the documents I got, there is still not much improvement in the field of aquaculture. " It is understood that antibiotics account for more than 6% of the total prescription drugs used in human medicine, but account for more than 70% of the total amount of veterinary drugs, which is the absolute majority of veterinary drugs. As early as 2006, the amount of antibiotics used in the animal husbandry and feed industry was as high as 97000 tons, accounting for 54% of the domestic antibiotic consumption of 180000 tons at that time. Some experts conservatively estimate that the amount of antibiotics used in the animal husbandry and feed industry is now nearly double that in 2006. Far exceeds the demand for the treatment of animal diseases.

"No one will give the child cold medicine or antibiotics in advance before the child is sick, but farmers will feed chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep in advance to prevent the disease." A professional spoke bluntly to the reporter. This naturally gives rise to the problem of abuse of antibiotics. After taking antibiotics, only a small part of the animals are absorbed, and most of them are excreted with their feces. It is estimated that China produces 700 million tons of animal manure a year. The antibiotics in these feces will eventually follow Rain Water into groundwater or rivers, become the culprit of environmental pollution, and it is difficult to resolve or decompose.

Contaminated meat affects fruits, vegetables and grains.

"people don't live in a vacuum." Xiao Yonghong said that individuals do not abuse antibiotics, but they can avoid the direct production of drug-resistant bacteria in individuals, but can not avoid drug-resistant bacteria in the environment.

It can be found not only in animal meat, but also in fruits, vegetables and grains, because soil and rivers will also be polluted and drug-resistant bacteria are everywhere!

Due to the high breeding density, the complexity and diversity of livestock and poultry diseases, as well as poor supervision and other reasons, there are widespread problems in the breeding industry, such as excessive use and even abuse of antibiotics.

In order to increase sales, some veterinary drug manufacturers use non-commonly used veterinary drug names to pretend to be new drugs and deceive farmers, especially with the emergence of a large number of compound veterinary drugs, dealers recommend "detailed and thoughtful" drug use procedures, which also aggravate the phenomenon of excessive and long-term use of antibiotics.

The abuse of antibiotics has formed a vicious circle in China's aquaculture industry, causing serious food safety problems. Long-term consumption of "anti-food", consumers' drug resistance will unwittingly increase, "if we do not take measures to control bacterial drug resistance, there will be no way to use drugs in the future." Xiao Yonghong said that a drug resistance report published in the UK pointed out that if the global drug resistance continues to develop in this way, by 2050, 10 million people will die each year because of drug resistance.

Xiao Yonghong said: "judging from the drug resistance data released by the World Health Organization in 2014, China is one of the countries with serious drug resistance. This must have something to do with the unreasonable use of antibiotics. "