Chickens and Yogurt Drinks: Beware and Hurray
I love chicken. My favorite meal is a plate of dark meat chicken thighs, mayonnaise (an odd but old family tradition), rice and peas. But a story in The New York Times this morning got me thinking I may need to switch to pralines and cream (my other favorite) instead. According to Sabrina Tavernise, researchers have found that chicken contains levels of arsenic that, while not toxic in the small amounts they appear in, over time could lead to cancer. Last year high levels of arsenic were also found in rice. Bummer. Big time. Roxarsone, and a chemically similar drug, nitarsone, remain the last federally approved uses of arsenic in food production, Keeve Nachman, a scientist at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and the chicken study’s main author, told Tavernise. "Roxarsone, known by its brand name 3-Nitro, kills intestinal parasites, promotes growth and makes meat look pinker,' Tavernise reports. "It contains organic arsenic, which is...