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You did it! Banning arsenic from agriculture

Posted August 30th, 2012 by

You proved it: if the people lead, the leaders will follow. Thanks to your emails to state lawmakers, Maryland recently became the first state to ban roxarsone and other antibiotics containing arsenic from agriculture. Now we need your help to finish the job: www.tomhucker.com/no-arsenic Arsenic is a deadly, Class A carcinogen, one that also causes [...]

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Keep Arsenic out of our Chicken and our Environment

Posted March 12th, 2012 by

“Reckless.” “Dangerous.” And “just plain crazy.” Those are the ways that scientists, environmentalists, and nurses describe the widespread practice of adding arsenic compounds to poultry feed. Yes, arsenic, one of the world’s most deadly poisons, a Class A carcinogen that is associated not only with cancer but also with heart disease, diabetes, chromosomal damage, and [...]

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