date:May 17, 2013
nt parasites in poultry.
In 2010, industry representatives estimated that 88% of the approximately nine billion chickens raised for human consumption in the US were treated with an arsenic-based drug known as roxarsone.
In July 2011, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer voluntarily withdrew roxarsone from the US market; however, the company can sell the drug internationally and could resume marketing it in the US at any time.
For the study conventional, antibiotic-free, and USDA Organic chicken sample