According to wikipedia it is kind of drug used to treat asthma and other pulmonary disease. it act by causing smooth muscle relaxation resulting in dilation of bronchial passages, vasodilation in muscle and liver, relaxation of uterine muscle and release of insulin.
Any person who consume it likely to have side effects such as insomnia, anxiety, and tremor occur in some patients. All Beta agonists are available in inhaler form (either metered-dose inhalers, which aerosolize the drug, or dry powder which can be breathed in).
it heard that some of our fish and meat we consume everyday have been added with this drug. It is believe that some traders have added it so that all fish and all type of meat look attractive to consumers.
below is the extraction from website myhealth.com.my regarding to beta agonist (pls click on title for the full version )
.......pigs are not the only farm animals fattened with banned growth boosters. Beef, mutton and duck meat have also been found to contain beta-agonist in tests conducted by the Universiti Sains Malaysia Doping Control Centre (DCC).
The Ministry of Health’s food control division has detected it in beef.
Random tests by the DCC confirm that cattle, goats and poultry have been fed with Salbutamol, the most commonly used beta-agonist.
DCC science officer Mohd Azman Ibrahim told the New Straits Times that about two per cent of over 100 samples received monthly by the laboratory had traces of Salbutamol.
Beef, mutton, and buffalo and duck meat make up 20 per cent of the monthly samples.
"This is worrying as the samples were taken at random. Many more would have gone undetected."
"Since the DCC was set up 10 years ago, things have taken a turn for the worse," he said.
"Even duck farmers use Salbutamol while those rearing chicken inject their livestock with banned cancer-causing antibiotics such as chloramphenicol and nitrofuran."
sound scary isn't it?
look like the above pork seller know how to attract their customers.
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