MMMMMMM...FDA: Chicken with "too tiny to be dangerous" amounts of arsenic

[Amerigo Vespucci]

FDA: Some chicken may have small amount of arsenic
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it.

The FDA said Wednesday that a new study by the agency shows that an ingredient in chicken feed that contains arsenic, called Roxarsone, may make its way into parts of the bird that are eaten. Previous studies have indicated the arsenic was eliminated with chicken waste.

Pfizer, which makes the feed ingredient, said Wednesday that it will pull it off the market in the United States. The FDA said it would be banned because it is a carcinogen.

Many poultry producers have already stopped feeding their birds the ingredient, which was used to kill parasites and promote growth.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-06-08-fda-chicken-arsenic_n.htm#.Te_3p9zZ5s4;facebook

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. "too tiny..." Yeah. Where have I heard that before? nt

[Motown_Johnny]

3. your wife?

sorry, couldn't resist

[LadyHawkAZ]

5. !!!

:spray:

[Snoutport]

8. gasp!

[Ikonoklast]

9. Well, that was a hanging curve ball.

One must at least take a good swing at it.

But you gave the pitcher whiplash watching it go over the fence.

[Shagbark Hickory]

10. I was referring to...

Oh never mind.
Glad you all had a nice laugh.

[Motown_Johnny]

2. self delete

[LiberalLoner]

4. Potatoes naturally contain slight amounts of arsenic. The green portions

(which develop when potatoes are exposed to too much light) contain higher amounts of arsenic. Don't eat the green parts.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. apple seeds and peach pits have cyanide

the list goes on and on

[LadyHawkAZ]

6. Doesn't arsenic build up in the system?

and wouldn't that make it dangerous to anyone eating chicken more than once in a while?

[NutmegYankee]

11. Small doses get excreted in urine.

Many foods, like rice, and even drinking water have tiny amounts of it present.