For more than 60 years, poultry growers have been using a drug approved by the FDA was known as Roxarsone in their chicken feed. Roxarsone helps fight parasites called coccidia that threaten to eat through the guts of the chicken, help chickens grow faster and gives them a better-looking color so they appear more edible. For all these years, the drug companies (Pfizer) and the FDA stated that the drug contained a harmless form of organic arsenic that is present in virtually everything in nature.
However last year the FDA conducted a study and found trace amounts of inorganic arsenic in the livers of chickens that were fed Roxarsone. University of Maryland scientists also confirmed that Roxarsone went into chickens as organic arsenic and came out in manure as toxic inorganic arsenic. The chickens in Maryland produce about a billion pounds of waste a year, and that waste gets used as fertilizer causing inorganic arsenic from the fertilizer to seep into the ground and wash into the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Understanding this, the state of Maryland became the first state in the U.S. to ban farmers from using the drug in their feed. The ban went into effect January 1, 2013.
Inorganic arsenic has been linked to various human ailments including respiratory issues and skin cancer and neurological deficits in children. In fact, an intellectual function study which included 201 children under the age of ten concluded that as little as .0017 mg per day of inorganic arsenic affected children's performance in switching attention task. When the exposure increased to .0034 mg per day, the children showed decreased performance in both switching attention tasks as well as in tests that measured memory.
After meeting with the FDA, Pfizer agreed to stop selling Roxarsone, however, hundreds of chicken farmers in the U.S. have stockpiled the drug and continue to add Roxarsone to their feed.
The Department of Health and Human Services states that arsenic present in food accounts for 80% of our dietary intake. Fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, paints, and water make up the other 20%.
Who doesn’t use arsenic in their chicken feed?
Approximately 70% of chickens in the U.S. are fed arsenic, so how can you get an arsenic free chicken? Organic chickens typically do not use arsenic in their feed and Perdue chickens stopped using feed containing arsenic in 2007. McDonald’s restaurants, pet-food supplier Purina, and Chipotle restaurant also do not allow the use of arsenic in chicken products they sell.
Removing arsenic from the body
CEASE Therapy can help detox arsenic from the body. Specific remedies chosen in a variety of potencies as well as supplements and minerals that will support your body will be identified to help each individual in their journey to detox from arsenic, other metals and different toxins that are impairing overall health.
For more information, contact Sima Ash at 310-738-8878 and to schedule your appointment today.
