FDA Admits Chicken Meat Contains Arsenic

It’s been over 6 years since The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) found that chicken contained Arsenic. 

With the risk of being exposed, the FDA has finally admitted to this fact and no longer can they continue with their desire to sweep this information under the rug. 

Ingested inorganic arsenic is metabolized to mono and dimethylated compounds, these are predominantly found in urine.

Big pharmaceutical companies produce and sell four arsenic compounds that are added to animal feed for turkey, chicken and swine production to increase weight and improve pigmentation of the meat.

As far back as 2006, the IATP’s reportPlaying Chicken: Avoiding Arsenic in your meat estimated that more than 70 percent of all U.S. chickens raised for meat are fed arsenic. That report found detectable levels of arsenic in many  brand name poultry products form supermarkets and fast food restaurants. 

One way farmers add arsenic to chicken feed is through drugs like Pfizer’s Roxarsone Arsenic’s a poison that causes cancer, among other harm. The FDA can’t seriously uphold its public health mission while allowing residues of arsenic in the meat our children and families eat. – David Wallinga, M.D. IATP