FDA admits supermarket chickens test positive for arsenic

    by Tom Laskawy
    Grist

    Back in March, Tom Philpott wrote about the “insane” practice of feeding factory-farmed chickens 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.
    The industry emphasizes that the arsenic is […]

      Time to end the insane practice of lacing chicken feed with arsenic

      by Tom Philpott
      Grist.org

      As a jaded observer of the meat industry, even I’m flummoxed by this fact: 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 […]