This summary is derived from an article in Food Production
Daily, April 13, 2006 http://www.foodproductiondaily.com and
other identified sources (UPC editor) The Institute for
Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) reports that arsenic in
chicken meat appears closely linked to the decades-old industry
practice of putting arsenic into chicken feed to speed the
birds’ growth artificially. At least 70 percent of US “broiler”
chickens have been fed arsenic, according to IATP estimates.
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based IATP tested 155 samples from raw
supermarket chicken products and found that 55 percent carried
detectable arsenic. Arsenic was more than twice as prevalent in
conventional brands of supermarket chicken as in certified
organic and other “premium” brands. All 90 fast food chicken
products tested by IATP also contained detectable arsenic.
Chicken products were purchased from supermarkets and fast food
outlets in Minnesota and California and analyzed for arsenic by
a private, independent commercial laboratory