Like Some Arsenic With That Bird? You Got It.

[Avatard]

According to science writer Deborah Blum in an L.A. Times op-ed, trace amounts of arsenic — enough to produce a cancer risk — are found in American chicken and turkey, due to the use of an arsenic-containing poultry feed called Roxarsone. The strangely-named substance is banned in Europe but used in the U.S. to make meat look fresher.

http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/24/like-some-arsenic-with-that-turkey-you-got-it/

[Particle Man]

There are trace amounts of arsnic in peach pits and stuff too isn't there?

[Homeslice]

There are trace amounts of arsnic in peach pits and stuff too isn't there?

As well as apple seeds.

But do you know anyone who eats those?

[Adeptus_Minor]

As well as apple seeds.

But do you know anyone who eats those?

Or the amount you'd have to consume to actually experience any toxicity.

[Particle Man]

As well as apple seeds.

But do you know anyone who eats those?

Some of that stuff ends up in canned peaches iirc

[Hydrant]

I think you'll find that there's nasty shit in just about everything we consume, in some form or another.

[Dave]

I think you'll find that there's nasty shit in just about everything we consume, in some form or another.

next hes gonna tell you masturbating causes cancer

[Avatard]

It does. In kittens.

[Particle Man]

I think you'll find that there's nasty shit in just about everything we consume, in some form or another.

Pretty much where I was going, yeah.

[dReWpY]

the dose makes the poison...

[Particle Man]

the dose makes the poison...

True. Even water is poisonous in large enough amounts.

[Hydrant]

Just take a look a something as simple as what's supplying the water. There is plastic, ductile, copper, galvanized, stainless, lead, and wood water mains. I'm sure there is some nasty heavy metals just in the piping delivering it to your house. When there is a water main break, try to see if you can find a piece of the pipe laying around, most of the time it's choked down by sediment inside the pipe. If you have old copper pipes, I'm sure they used some lead based solder.


Sorry to say, unless you live in a bubble, your going to be in contact with some chemicals/ metals that probably aren't so great if you consume a large amount. But in your average amount that you would drink or eat then you'll probably be just fine.

[Homeslice]

With that being said, who knows how much longer the average lifespan could be if we reduced our exposure to those chemicals. Cancer is the leading killer, right? And as far as I know, the biggest cause of cancer is foreign toxins of some sort.

[Dave]

True. Even water is poisonous in large enough amounts.

especially if you're shai hulud