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Nairobians eating meat with high toxin levels

A cow feeding on garbage in Nairobi.

Most of the meat eaten in Nairobi has high levels of toxins, according to a survey on slaughterhouses.

This is because livestock eat plastics. The study found that three out of five cows slaughtered in one abattoir had eaten plastic bags.

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