Poultry has become one of the most contaminated sources of meat - TopicsExpress



          

Poultry has become one of the most contaminated sources of meat available to humans, particularly due to approved arsenic-based additives which 80% of all chickens consume in their daily diet. Until recently, chicken producers would routinely supplement poultry feed with a growth-promoting arsenical drug called roxarsone, which helps give their meat an appealing pink color. A study in Environmental Health Perspectives shows that inorganic arsenic (iAs) accumulates in the breast meat of broiler chickens, potentially as a result of treatment with the drug.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:39:16 +0000

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