Like Some Arsenic With That Bird? You Got It.

Avatard · 11-25-2010, 09:26 AM

According to science writer Deborah Blum in an L.A. Times op-ed, trace amounts of arsenic — enough to produce a cancer risk — are found in American chicken and turkey, due to the use of an arsenic-containing poultry feed called Roxarsone. The strangely-named substance is banned in Europe but used in the U.S. to make meat look fresher.

http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/2...ey-you-got-it/

11-25-2010, 09:26 AM	#1
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