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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 28 Aug 2017

    Cows in Nairobi abattoirs often have plastic bags in their stomachs, raising fears plastic could get into food chain http://bbc.in/2xqgHL2 pic.twitter.com/A3NVGcjL3T

    3:40 AM - 28 Aug 2017
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      1. Darrell Harry  🇳🇬 🇬🇾‏ @darrell_harry 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @bigmoNaija

        what food chain? Certainly cows nor even human can digest plastic,it will come out with feces as it was ingested.

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      1. Jeptoo  🇰🇪‏ @JeptooC 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @charliealpha011

        #PlasticBanKe is here...this kind of eye sore will be a thing of the past now

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      1. Jake Bridges‏ @JA_Bridges 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @sascampaigns Shocking

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      1. Sharon Bowen‏ @Sharon_Bowen59 29 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @richhills68

        It is in the food chain in the form of chemical contamination and the micro sized pieces that exist in the environment.

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      1. #DavidMonodanga‏ @Monodanga22 28 Aug 2017
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        Thank God i'm a vegetarian

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      1. Cicely McClennon‏ @CicelyMcClennon 28 Aug 2017
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        Raising fears? What sort of denial are you dealing with here?

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      1. Sowunmi Lanre‏ @Don_SNL 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I experienced that before here in Nigeria when opening slaughtered goats

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      1. Mweruka Pascal‏ @MwerukaP 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Not only in Nairobi but also in Uganda actually they graze freely in most towns in Uganda

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      1. mahammud‏ @mahammud5 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        absolutely true.

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      1. allison brizburk‏ @sninalthat 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Could get into the food chain?????? It already is.

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      1. everyone else‏ @lkngiema 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Shaddap BBC

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      1. Eye-saac (#FreeUganda)‏ @Bit20200 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        African solutions to African problems😂😂😂

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      1. kankara‏ @kankara 28 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Never seen such a sight

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      1. d  🇺🇸  🔔  🗽  🍂  🍁‏ @dougalpollux 28 Aug 2017
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        this is sad. poor things.

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