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7-11-12 Study Points to Drugging of Chickens on Industrial-Scale Farms
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The average American eats 100 pounds of poultry meat every year. But what do these 9 billion chickens eat? A study by Johns Hopkins researchers found that the poultry industry feeds the birds their own feathers, ground up and mixed with grains. And this feather meal may be laced with a variety of drugs and chemicals, including arsenic, caffeine, banned antibiotics, and the active ingredients in Benadryl, Tylenol, and Prozac.
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