VICE S3E6: The Post-Antibiotic World & Indonesia's Palm Bomb
- Aired: 2015-04-17
- Time: 23:00:00
- Runtime: 30 minutes
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Overview
The more we use antibiotics, the more we help dangerous superbugs build up their resistance. Thomas Morton travels along as they search deep in the jungle, and deep underground, for these life-saving drugs. With Palm oil demand exploding, growers in Indonesia are pushing farther and farther onto rainforest land, torching the forests as they go.