Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed

Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed | Grist

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Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed

If you saw “Arsenic in Our Chicken? ,” Nick Kristof’s much-read New York Times column from earlier this month, you’ve heard about the widespread use of some unexpected additives in chicken farming. Studies released this year detected caffeine, acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Benadryl), fluoxetine (the active ingredient in Prozac), various antibiotics, arsenic, and more in feather meal, a substance made from ground poultry feathers and used in animal feed. The findings were the results of studies by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and Arizona State University. “I grew up on a farm, and I thought I knew what to expect in my food. But Benadryl? Arsenic?” Kristof wrote. The studies, he added, “raise serious questions about the food we eat and how we should shop.” Where arsenic is concerned, his alarm is not unfounded. For decades, chicken producers have u...

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@khyymm » 01 May '12, 2pm
Here's something to think on while ur chewing on ur chicken wings; “Arsenic in Our Chicken?!” [link] #Vegan
@amybluesky » 27 Apr '12, 4pm
RT @RoseKAnderson: 70% of 9 billion chickens raised in the US are fed arsenic, Maryland leads the charge to stop it [link] via @Grist
@DiStanisloa » 25 Apr '12, 2pm
Food Democracy Now! More on the arsenic (and prozac) in your chicken! Maryland steps up to the plate!... [link]
@PoisonedPets » 23 Apr '12, 11pm
Thanks FDA for watching industry's back not ours. Rather than banning Roxarsone, however, the FDA decided to... [link]
@CJDeCaro » 23 Apr '12, 2am
We all deserve arsenic-free food&water. RT@grist: MD law keeps arsenic out of chicken feed: [link] And out of many waterways.
@dfdubfletch » 23 Apr '12, 12am
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@RootDownAcres » 22 Apr '12, 10pm
Poison as a food additive - how does that make sense? [link]
@ComingFamine » 22 Apr '12, 10pm
US struggles to get arsenic out of chicken feed. [link] #foodsafety #meat #poultry
@saviour316 » 20 Apr '12, 10pm
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@FWWMaryland » 20 Apr '12, 5pm
#BanArsenic shoutout in Grist! [link]
@KarenMessier » 20 Apr '12, 1pm
Arsenic in Chicken Feed is the TIP of the Iceberg: [link] #poultry #industry #antibiotics #rapid #growth #penicillin #family
@jojoba8 » 20 Apr '12, 1pm
Thats just wrong!"study detected, fluoxetine (the active ingredient in Prozac),various antibiotics,arsenic" [link] via @grist
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RT @livablefuture: Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed on the heels of CLF research @grist [link]
@livablefuture » 19 Apr '12, 11pm
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@JusticiaBuscada » 19 Apr '12, 10pm
Taking the Arsenic out of Md's chicken | thanks #JHU & #Bloomburg for research & to Delegate Hucker and Sen. #Pinsky [link]
@grist » 19 Apr '12, 10pm
A new Maryland law will keep arsenic out of chicken feed: [link] And out of a good portion of the waterways, too.
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@MVFarmtoSchool » 19 Apr '12, 6pm
More info on the arsenic in our chicken issue:... [link]
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Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed [link] #Article #FactoryFarms
@valentinasweet » 19 Apr '12, 5pm
Woop woop! Awesome job @adfairbrother [link] #scaryfood
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Government Protects People When #Democrats Are In Power: Maryland to Get Arsenic Out of Chicken Feed [link] #GOP #TeaParty
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Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed | Grist: Some officials in Maryland — one of three ... [link]
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