Planet Chicken: Chemical Entanglements in Asia's Poultry Boom

该项目旨在研究亚洲迅速扩张的鸡肉产业对环境恶化、社会不平等、公共卫生和动物福利的影响。农用化学品和兽药充斥着这个行业，几乎没有关于类型、数量和应用的监管或数据。本研究在印度、泰国和越南的鸡肉价值链的关键节点部署跨学科方法，将1)检查影响化学品使用的实践和市场结构，2)揭示化学品的存在和社会生态影响。该项目旨在揭示毒性、生物多样性和健康如何与全球粮食系统相互作用，并为亚洲工厂化农业的有效治理提出干预措施。

This project aims to study the effects of Asia’s rapidly expanding chicken meat industry on environmental degradation, social inequality, public health and animal welfare. Agricultural chemicals and veterinary drugs saturate this industry, with little regulation or data on types, quantities and applications. Deploying interdisciplinary methods at key nodes of the chicken value chain in India, Thailand and Vietnam, this study will 1) examine practices and market structures that shape chemical use and 2) uncover chemical presence and socio-ecological impacts. The project intends to expose how toxicity, biodiversity, and health interact with global food systems and to propose interventions for effective governance of factory farming in Asia.