Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

smageeta — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:56:36 GMT

Hi, my piont is on buying a chicken from the supermarket, how do you really know that it is organic, other than the fact what the company writes on the labal, can we take his word for it. Like this chicken is corn fed or bleach free who do you really believe. Regards Smageeta

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

bsa — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:30:55 GMT

Please note the link "Colleen Huber's excellent article",you provided in topic

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re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

jdp — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:15:08 GMT

What's the deal with the link about buying organic foods for the same price as regular foods not workin? Does anybody check these links before they are posted? Nice work

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

sandrews — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:18:39 GMT

Yes I most certainly agree. Those birds should be eating bugs. they should also be eating seeds while playing in the grass. Why do these people feed those birds arsenic contaminated food? surely they know that cramming them into filthy sheds all day and feeding them arsenic contaminated foods certainly will not serve the well being of the birds and us.

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

sherryberry — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:54:34 GMT

Thank you Trudy for your point. I started using organic hair/face/body skin care this winter and mineral makeup too. I not only see a difference but feel the difference. A lot of problems I was having disappeared (acne, etc). I am in process of switching to green cleaning products also. There are a lot of things we touch, breath, eat, wear everyday that we don't even think about that may be health dangers. Thank you Doc for letting us know about the chicken. Those who may not be very concerned about the hormones will probably be about the arsenic. It's so aggravating how the government will not protect us against poisons, hormones, improper animal treatment, etc but they are worried about our vitamins, minerals, herbs! I love hearing everyone's comments on the board.

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

cheftodd — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:12:57 GMT

I have been in the Food Service Industry for a long time, and we/I have known about this and have been trying to fight it.The growth hormones that are used are a problem also. You want people to enjoy good healthy foods, not tainted filled full of junk. Nor do I want to make people glow from nuclear food.

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

ladonnadavid — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:52:03 GMT

When we once had poultry houses the feed truck had spilled some feed upon delivery, which the cows were attempting to eat. The field man told us not to let the cows eat it as the feed had arsenic in it and would kill the cattle.
Now, the chickens are supposed to be on a withdrawal feed for the last 2-3 weeks which is to allow them to get all the antibiotics and chemicals out of their system. Rarely does this happen. Normally it is only one week if that long, so they can push the growth factor and get more poundage faster. If they take them off the feed that soon the chickens growth will slow down immensely
Result was we stopped eating store bought chickens.
Ah, the horror stories I could tell.
The company we once grew for is in the list above.

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

Josh Rubin — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:37:27 GMT

This is just anothe reason to stay away from natural or conventional chicken. Besides arsenic, you are eating GMO grains and soy, dead animals and their feces, saw dust, cement dust, and plus they are all irradiated!

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helpingheart — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:23:57 GMT

This news is so depressing. Greed, Greed, Greed and more Greed run the animal and agriculture industries. Thanks to the various Chemical Companies offering farmers and growers these toxic poisons to increase their profits at human health expense. When is this going to stop? When there are nothing but sick people everywhere? No wonder so many Americans are falling ill! No wonder Europe does not want USDA meat !

The USDA and FDA is a mockery.

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Witch Doctor — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:37:37 GMT

Chickens should eat bugs. Lots of bugs. Caterpillars... I go to Whole Foods - vegetarian fed chickens. Wild Oats - vegetarian fed chickens! The Co-op - vegetarian fed chickens!! God I'm surrounded by freaks of nature! And they claim to be nature people.

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annapavlova42 — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:22:37 GMT

The poisening of our food supply has been going on for a long time. It is most unfortunite that it takes a disaster for the truth to be known.

My question is this - "Is it worth our health to continue to consume meat, or any type of dairy product, unless we know for a fact that the product is really clean?"

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re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

minnie-me — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:01:42 GMT

OK, tell me if you think this is a coincidence. My recovering autistic grandson tested for high levels of arsenic in all of his initial labs. Of course we knew where the mercury, lead and other heavy metals came from, but arsenic???? After researching possible sources, I found out that arsenic was present in water, air and soil, with concentrations varying by geographic locations. Arsenic treated playsets and wood decks were also a source. I then found out that arsenic added to chicken feed resulted in 70 % of raw chicken tested, being contaminated. Supposedly, arsenic in smaller concentrations leaves the body quickly. However, a subset of the population including many autistic individuals, cannot excrete such toxins. This often results in neurological and immune system damage. In my grandson's case, his body does not produce proper levels of glutathione. Some medications, tylenol being the biggest offender, also block the body from natural glutathione production.
High levels of arsenic ingestion (60,000 ppb) can result in death. Of course, this is rare, but smaller levels (300-30,000 ppb) can result in stomach and intestinal irritation. Symptoms can include stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. He often suffered from these symptoms, which could have been related to arsenic ingestion.
Chelation has been key to removing arsenic and other toxins from his body. Reduced consumption of conventional chicken and purer organic brands have helped to keep his levels down, completely.
Arsenic has not showed up in blood and urine labs for over a year, and hopefully, with a healthier lifestyle, he will continue on this course.
Coincidence? Not in this case!!!!

re: Is the Chicken You Eat Poisoned With Arsenic?

mmc88121 — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:52:01 GMT

So 70 Million chickens are laced with arsenic. Not a very good idea to eat it. But what do you do about the organic ones that have arsenic in them? How do you counteract the effects of the arsenic?

Mary