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roxarsone

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roxarsone [¦räks¦är‚sōn]


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Because in the United States, most major poultry producers add an arsenic compound known as roxarsone to their chicken feed.
A deadly ingredient in a chicken dinner by The Star (Amman, Jordan)
The most commonly used organoarsenical, roxarsone (4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzenearsenic-acid), is administered to feeds at concentrations ranging from 22.
What do we feed to food-production animals? A review of animal feed ... by Sapkota, Amy R.; Lefferts, Lisa Y.; McKenzie, Shawn; Walker, Polly / Environmental Health Perspectives
About 70 percent of chickens grown for meat receive roxarsone.
Chicken little? Study cites arsenic in poultry by Harder, B. / Science News
 
 
 
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