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New study finds arsenic in chicken
A new study finds traces of a known carcinogen in chicken.The Food and Drug Administration says the traces are very small and there is no immediate health risk. But one environmental health expert says finding any trace of arsenic in food is worrisome. The FDA says the arsenic is coming from an ingredient in chicken feed manufactured by Pfizer. The ingredient is called Roxarsone. It's used to reduce the number of intestinal parasites in chicken - and it's been used since the 1950's. Previous studies showed the arsenic in this ingredient was eliminated in chicken waste, but now it appears some small traces may be left in the actually chicken. Doctor David Carpenter is an expert in Environmental Health Sciences. While the FDA says it's still safe to eat chicken, Carpenter says "We don't know enough just how dangerous it is to eat chickens that have been exposed to this chemical." The traces found in chickens from Roxarsone are inorganic arsenic, which is the dangerous kind. The FDA says Pfizer has suspended sales of chicken feed made with this ingredient, and they will no longer use it. Again, the FDA saying there is no immediate health risk - but alerting the public about these findings.
http://wnyt.com/article/s...ml?cat=300
WTH?!!!!
Chicken for dinner tonight regardless but shouldn't we have heard about this sooner? Say 50 years ago at least?
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Arsenic worries prompt chicken drug withdrawal
A drug that farmers have given to chickens for decades is being pulled off the market after federal scientists found a potentially carcinogenic form of arsenic in the livers of animals treated with the substance, officials announced Wednesday.
Alpharma, a subsidiary of Pfizer, is voluntarily suspending sales of the drug 3-Nitro, which has been given to chickens since the 1940s to protect them from a parasitic disease and help them gain weight, the Food and Drug Administration announced.
The action comes after an FDA study of 100 broiler chickens found a form of arsenic known as inorganic arsenic, which is a known carcinogen, at increased levels in the livers of birds treated with the drug compared to those that were not, the agency said. During a briefing for reporters, David Goldman of the Agriculture Department and Bernadette Dunham of the FDA stressed that the levels of arsenic detected in the chickens were very low and do not pose a health risk to consumers. As a result, there is no need to recall any chickens treated with 3-Nitro from the market or for consumers to avoid eating chicken while the drug is removed, the officials said. The decision to remove the drug was made to eliminate a source of exposure to the substance. “Consumers can continue to eat chicken as 3-Nitro is recalled from the market,” Dunham said. Alpharma will continue to sell the drug for 30 days to give farmers time to switch to other drugs, the FDA said. The FDA approved 3-Nitro, also known as Roxarsone, in 1944 as the first new animal drug containing a form of arsenic known as “organic arsenic,” which is harmless and was thought to be excreted by the animals. While it is used in turkeys, chickens and pigs, farmers give it primarily to chickens to help control the parasitic disease coccidiosis, to promote weight gain and for “improved pigmentation,” the FDA said. The agency conducted its study after research in recent years indicated that organic arsenic could be converted to the carcinogenic inorganic form.
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Oh great. Improved pigmentation?!! Not worth dying for.
it is used in turkeys, chickens and pigs, farmers give it primarily to chickens to help control the parasitic disease coccidiosis, to promote weight gain and for “improved pigmentation,”
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their just trying to scare us..
and if its true i doubt anyone on here is willing to do anything about it .
we are just gonna keep eating that succulent drumstick, chicken sandwitch, chicken salad or however you like your chicken
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just grow your own food and raise your own animals etc......they do so much shit to our food that its scary..... Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. | |
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I'm having chicken tonight! | |
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Chicken a la arsenique | |
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actually I'm having it tomorrow, tonight was steak night | |
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actually I'm having it tomorrow, tonight was steak night You could eat vegetables instead as in your part of the world EHEC is not a problem right now  .With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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Serious said: ZombieKitten said:
actually I'm having it tomorrow, tonight was steak night You could eat vegetables instead as in your part of the world EHEC is not a problem right now .Is that why all the cucumbers were on the news last night? | |
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ZombieKitten said: Serious said: You could eat vegetables instead as in your part of the world EHEC is not a problem right now .Is that why all the cucumbers were on the news last night?  With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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This is just another reason why I buy organic... Sure, it costs a HELL of a lot more but have you ever checked the sodium contents??
Store chicken is plumped up with so much sodium, last I checked regular chix had 500mg and the organic had 50mg... That alone blew my mind! I dont want all that salt IN my food! Hell, i salt the outside enough!
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