Both Uses of
residue
in
Fast Food Nation
- According to Dr. Neal D. Bernard, who heads the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, chicken manure may contain dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, parasites such as tapeworms and Giardia lamblia, antibiotic residues, arsenic, and heavy metals.†
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- To make matters worse, the animals used to make about one-quarter of the nation's ground beef — worn-out dairy cattle — are the animals most likely to be diseased and riddled with antibiotic residues.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(residue) what remains after the main part is gone
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Specialized senses of residue include:- chemistry: remaining substance after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process
- law: residue, residual estate, residuary estate, or residuum reference that part of a dead person's money and property that is left after all debts, and specific bequests have been fulfilled.