Roxarsone is used in feed to keep chickens from getting
parasitic diseases and says it is safe because the arsenic is the organic
variety. However, arsenic-based compound fed to chickens may be more dangerous
than previously thought. A researcher at
"It's very disturbing to me that people are being exposed to this
arsenic, but we don't have a choice -- we have to feed the chickens what the
company gives us," said Carole Morison, a contract grower for Perdue on
Although Perdue still uses Roxarsone in chicken feed, Tyson, the largest
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