Sentences with phrase «into inorganic arsenic»
FIn 2011, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer temporarily suspended use of the poultry drug Roxarsone after FDA reports showing that the arsenical compounds in the drug may break down into inorganic arsenic, a toxin that can produce skin lesions, respiratory irritation, and several types of cancer in exposed persons, Fand may leach into local water supplies or remain in chicken tissue after slaughter.
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It is divided into two groups, organic and inorganic arsenic, with inorganic arsenic being more toxic.
When chicken meat is cooked, levels of the arsenic - containing drug go down, and levels of carcinogenic arsenic go up, suggesting that the drug «may degrade into [the cancer - causing inorganic arsenic] species during cooking.»
Arsenic - containing drugs intentionally added to poultry feed to reduce the parasite burden and pinken the meat are apparently converted by cooking into carcinogenic inorganic arsenic comArsenic - containing drugs intentionally added to poultry feed to reduce the parasite burden and pinken the meat are apparently converted by cooking into carcinogenic inorganic arsenic comarsenic compounds.
We support ongoing research into methods to reduce levels of inorganic arsenic in rice.