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Arsenic: Chicken Feed Effects Questioned

http://www.mindfully.org/Farm/2004/Arsenic-Chicken-Roxarsone4jan04.htm

Researchers study health, environmental impact from use of arsenic

JOHN VANDIVER / Daily Times (Maryland) 4jan04

SALISBURY -- Since the 1970s, the poultry industry has used certain arsenic-based ingredients as chicken feed additives, but some researchers have started to scrutinize the long-standing practice because of possible health and environmental risks.

A common arsenic used by chicken companies is roxarsone, which is mixed with feed to control intestinal parasites and promote growth, according to research chemists.

After consuming roxarsone, the arsenic additive approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration, chickens then excrete the compound in a chemical form that is virtually unchanged.