Guest guest Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Food for Chickens, Poison for Man http://scienceline.org/2006/09/20/env-wenner-arsenic/ A widespread farming practice is adding arsenic to the food chain. By Melinda Wenner, posted September 20th, 2006. When Gwen Cox raised broiler chickens for Pilgrim’s Pride from 2001 to 2004, she had to use poultry feed provided by the company. After a few incidents when she felt physically ill working with it—“I would start coughing and could hardly stop, or I’d get lightheaded or nauseous,” she remembers—she checked the feed labels and noticed that they listed roxarsone, an organic arsenic compound, as an ingredient. Concerned about her chickens as well as her own health, she asked Pilgrim’s Pride why she was being forced to use feed containing arsenic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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