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LOW LEVEL ARSENIC EXPOSURE by USEPA "quantified the lifetime exposure of arsenic in drinking water at concentrations of 0.0017 mg/L, 0.00017 mg/L, and 0.000017 mg/L are associated with a lifetime skin cancer risk of 1 in 10,000, 1 in 100,000, and 1 in 1,000,000 respectively." Parts of the US have high arsenic levels in water ... http://lnkd.in/dB3MNvy View in LinkedIn

"NITARSONE is an organoarsenic compound that is used in poultry production as a feed additive to increase weight gain, improve feed efficiency, and prevent blackhead disease. It is marketed as Histostat by Zoetis, a publicly traded subsidiary of Pfizer." This is the remaining poultry arsenical growth promotor allowed on the US market today. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitarsone View in LinkedIn

The WHO "recommends a limit of 0.01 mg/L (10ppb) of arsenic in drinking water. This recommendation was established based on the limit of detection for most laboratories testing equipment at the time of publication of the WHO water quality guidelines. More recent findings show that consumption of water with levels as low as 0.00017 mg/L (0.17ppb) over long periods of time can lead to arsenicosis." http://lnkd.in/dB3MNvy View in LinkedIn

MORE VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWALS. "In September 2013, the FDA announced that Zoetis and Fleming Laboratories would voluntarily withdraw current roxarsone, arsanilic acid, and carbarsone approvals, leaving only nitarsone approvals in place." Too little, too late. An illustrative story of our food regulation. And the story is not over yet. http://lnkd.in/d_Ee38c View in LinkedIn

ARSENIC IS A CARCINOGEN. "The US National Toxicology Program (NTP) is formed from parts of several different government agencies, including the ... NIH), the ... CDC, and the ... FDA. In its most recent Report on Carcinogens, the NTP classifies arsenic and inorganic arsenic compounds as “known to be human carcinogens." http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/intheworkplace/arsenic View in LinkedIn

DRUG DUMPING. "A spokeswoman for the company that sells the drug, Zoetis, said sales in the United States “remain suspended pending the ongoing evaluation of relevant scientific data regarding the use of this product in poultry.” She said that the company no longer manufactures the drug, and that it is selling down remaining stock in markets that still permit it, all of them in Latin America." http://lnkd.in/dHt3ydp View in LinkedIn

ARSENICAL DRUGS IN FEED ENTERS GROUNDWATER. “Arsenic in poultry manure is rapidly converted into an inorganic form that is highly water soluble and capable of moving into surface and ground water." http://lnkd.in/dgKDrwk View in LinkedIn

ROXARSONE VOLUNTARY SUSPENSION. "In July 2011, Pfizer suspended sale of roxarsone in the U.S. in response to a study by the ... (FDA); the FDA found that roxarsone use was associated with elevated levels of inorganic arsenic in chicken livers. An FDA press release stated that the findings raised "concerns of a very low but completely avoidable exposure to a carcinogen." The voluntary suspension ..." http://lnkd.in/dcNxwCP View in LinkedIn

ARSENIC IN CHICKEN FEED. "It’s standard practice on factory chicken farms to dose those unfortunate birds with arsenic. The idea is that it makes them grow faster — fast growth being the supreme goal of factory animal farming — and helps control a common intestinal disease called coccidiosis." http://lnkd.in/dgKDrwk View in LinkedIn

EUROPEANS BANNED ARSENIC. "In the 80s, when the European Union did the first tests, they banned arsenic in chicken feed immediately. However, it is still being fed to chickens in the rest of the world." http://www.localharvest.org/blog/16356/entry/absolute_pastured_poultry_article_use View in LinkedIn