Guest guest Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 I read a post awhile back about someone who was wondering about the sources for how a child could pick up an arsenic overload. My son came back high is arsenic. My DAN doctor said there are two main sources for this ... Anything made commercially from wood is treated with arsenic ... like wooden playground equipment and decks .... etc. He said always make sure your child washes his/her hands after playing on such equipment .... especially before eating. I.E.... don't have a picnic on the play equipment. And commercially grown chickens are feed arsenic to help them grow faster.... isn't that nice! He said can't say it enough .... ORGANIC Chicken for your son only..... Melinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 I would like to add that any root vegtable that is mechanically harvested is also a great source of arsenic....ie potatoes and such...they use the arsenic to kill the tops so that can be harvested at one time...so those are big no no's too.... jmtc Ronni In , imsavedbygrace@... wrote: > > > I read a post awhile back about someone who was wondering about the sources for how a child could pick up an arsenic overload. My son came back high is arsenic. My DAN doctor said there are two main sources for this ... > > Anything made commercially from wood is treated with arsenic ... like wooden playground equipment and decks .... etc. He said always make sure your child washes his/her hands after playing on such equipment .... especially before eating. I.E.... don't have a picnic on the play equipment. > > > And commercially grown chickens are feed arsenic to help them grow faster.... isn't that nice! > He said can't say it enough .... ORGANIC Chicken for your son only..... > > Melinda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 > And commercially grown chickens are feed arsenic to help them grow faster.... isn't that nice! > He said can't say it enough .... ORGANIC Chicken for your son only..... Right. My son's arsenic spiked over the summer when he was eating mainly chicken salad, which I thought was a good thing, since he's always had problems with yeast and carbohydrate metabolism. I was buying Trader Joe's hormone and antibiotic free chicken not realizing that unless it says " organic, " it's got arsenic, and Trader Joe's actually has one of the highest levels. You can check the levels on various brands here. http://www.environmentalobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=80537 More info: http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/arsenic060405.cfm http://www.mindfully.org/Farm/2004/Arsenic-Chicken- Roxarsone4jan04.htm Arsenic controls parasites in chicken, thus their increased size. Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Ronni, Does that include organic? Amy > > > > > > I read a post awhile back about someone who was wondering about the > sources for how a child could pick up an arsenic overload. My son > came back high is arsenic. My DAN doctor said there are two main > sources for this ... > > > > Anything made commercially from wood is treated with arsenic ... > like wooden playground equipment and decks .... etc. He said always > make sure your child washes his/her hands after playing on such > equipment .... especially before eating. I.E.... don't have a > picnic on the play equipment. > > > > > > And commercially grown chickens are feed arsenic to help them grow > faster.... isn't that nice! > > He said can't say it enough .... ORGANIC Chicken for your son > only..... > > > > Melinda > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 No, organic farmers do not use arsenic. We let the potato tops die off naturally and then dig the potatoes. Organic potatoes should be fine. Organic regs would not allow arsenic. Jeanne Posted by: " Amy " noahsmom7898@... noahsmom7898 Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:29 pm (PST) Ronni, Does that include organic? Amy > > I would like to add that any root vegtable that is mechanically > harvested is also a great source of arsenic....ie potatoes and > such...they use the arsenic to kill the tops so that can be harvested > at one time...so those are big no no's too.... > jmtc > Ronni > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Gosh I honestly don't know.....I hadn't checked into that....I would sure hope not....but never assume anything.....my kids have such a hard time with potatoes....that we hardly eat them....really does make ya feel good about the chicken....we eat chicken all the time....one of the few meats that they can tolerate....and no I have to say it isn't always organic....the budget won't always tolerate things esp with the supps we have to buy......ugh....there are 8 of us on this #^@^%^@^% diet.... Ronni > Ronni, > > Does that include organic? > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > I read a post awhile back about someone who was wondering about > the > > sources for how a child could pick up an arsenic overload. My son > > came back high is arsenic. My DAN doctor said there are two main > > sources for this ... > > > > > > Anything made commercially from wood is treated with arsenic ... > > like wooden playground equipment and decks .... etc. He said > always > > make sure your child washes his/her hands after playing on such > > equipment .... especially before eating. I.E.... don't have a > > picnic on the play equipment. > > > > > > > > > And commercially grown chickens are feed arsenic to help them > grow > > faster.... isn't that nice! > > > He said can't say it enough .... ORGANIC Chicken for your son > > only..... > > > > > > Melinda > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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