07.05.2009

From 2003 to 2006, a growth promoter containing arsenic (3-nitro®) was fed to chickens and pigs raised in Israel. A report issued on 6 May by State Comptroller, Micha Lindenstrauss.
This happened with the knowledge of the Agriculture Ministry, the report said, and it harshly criticises the Agriculture Ministry and other government authorities, including the health and education systems, police and transportation authorities.
According to the report, arsenic can cause cardiac and circulatory problems in addition to cancer, digestive problems and a decline in mental function.
According to the comptroller's report, at the end of 2003, the Agriculture Ministry permitted chicken and pork farmers to use the growth promoters  that contains arsenic, despite a ban on arsenic-containing chemicals and hormones in Israel since 1962. 

[The editor: 3-Nitro is registered in the USA, Canada, Brazil and several other countries and is not carcinogenic.

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