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Rowan · 12-08-2011, 05:23 AM

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Some Chicken May Contain Arsenic, FDA Says

Another reason to go organic! They claim "that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it," but what about dogs? Or cats? (Both of which have much smaller body masses.)

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The FDA said Wednesday that a new study developed by the agency shows that an ingredient in chicken feed that contains arsenic, called Roxarsone, may make its way into parts of the bird that are eaten. Previous studies have indicated that the arsenic was eliminated with chicken waste.

Pfizer Inc., which makes the feed ingredient, said Wednesday that it will pull it off the market in the United States. Had the company not stopped sales, the FDA could have eventually banned the product since it contains a known carcinogen.

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The agency attempted to study levels of arsenic found in chicken muscle – breasts and legs, for example – in addition to the livers but that test ran into complications. An agency official said Wednesday that they would expect about 40 times less arsenic to be found in the muscle than in the liver.

Fluffyspoos · 12-08-2011, 06:14 AM

I don't feed chicken, ever, to my dogs anymore \o/ but to those that do, be careful!