Researchers find elevated levels of arsenic in US chicken meat
date:May 17, 2013
nt parasites in poultry.

In 2010, industry representatives estimated that 88% of the approximately nine billion chickens raised for human consumption in the US were treated with an arsenic-based drug known as roxarsone.

In July 2011, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer voluntarily withdrew roxarsone from the US market; however, the company can sell the drug internationally and could resume marketing it in the US at any time.

For the study conventional, antibiotic-free, and USDA Organic chicken sample
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