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Steroid fed meat of animals — how far safe?

 It is only a week ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. Thousands of  animals will be sacrificed for Qurbani. Recently we have watched in different news media that the animals that we are going to sacrifice in coming Eid are given steroid in their food to make them fatty. Now questions arises whether consumption of meat of these animal are safe or not?
From literature, it revels that in USA, steroid and hormones are being used to make cows fatty and healthy since long time. But they use it in a measured way and cautiously under supervision of animal physicians. On the other hand European countries, does not use steroid considering their meat may be harmful.
Researchers says that occasional consumption of meat of animals, fed on steroid are not harmful for health. But those pregnant women who consumes such beef three days in a week may cause some harm to their babies in the womb, especially if it is male.
Studies say that these male babies in future may suffer from infertility or sub fertility. This research findings are from USA, not from Bangladesh. Time has come to do research on this issue in our country to confirm the side effects of consuming meat of such beef as we consume them routinely during Eid occasions.

Source - The Daily Star