Emma Thackery wrote:
> I heard about this on KCRW's "Good Food" this morning and found this
> among many articles about the use of arsenic in chicken feed to make
> them eat more so they can be sent to market more quickly:
>
>
> Arsenic In Chicken Feed May Pose Health Risks To Humans, C&EN Reports
> [excerpt]
>
> Pets may not be the only organisms endangered by some food additives. An
> arsenic-based additive used in chicken feed may pose health risks to
> humans who eat meat from chickens that are raised on the feed, according
> to an article in the April 9 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, the
> weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society.
>
> Roxarsone, the most common arsenic-based additive used in chicken feed,
> is used to promote growth, kill parasites and improve pigmentation of
> chicken meat. In its original form, roxarsone is relatively benign. But
> under certain anaerobic conditions, within live chickens and on farm
> land, the compound is converted into more toxic forms of inorganic
> arsenic. Arsenic has been linked to bladder, lung, skin, kidney and
> colon cancer, while low-level exposures can lead to partial paralysis
> and diabetes, the article notes......
>
> <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=67500&nfid=crss>


Stupid article. They are trying to create a controversy where none
exists because people like to be hysterical these days.

I remember chick starter feed used to have arsenic in it back in the
60's to protect them from parasites. When the chicks got a little
older, the feed no longer had arsenic in it.

The risk here is that someone might poison themselves if they eat a
bunch of spoiled chicken feed?

Best regards,
Bob