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# More than 1.5 Million Pounds of Arsenic-Laden Drugs Sold to Meat Producers
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/arsenic-laden_drugs_sold_to_meat_producers_1030120611/
- Published: 2012-10-30T19:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:47:07.000Z
- Description: The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future analyzed FDA documents and counted at least 706,530 kilograms sold for animal use in 2010. Producers feed the drugs to control intestinal parasites, promote growth and make meat look more appealing; arsenic harms human health and the environment.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Chemical, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

At least 706,530 kilograms (more than 1.5 million pounds) of arsenic-containing drugs were sold for use in animal products in 2010, according to analysis of FDA documents by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. Arsenic-based drugs are fed to animals to control intestinal parasites, promote animal growth, and to make the meat products look more appealing to consumers. Consumption of arsenic from animals is toxic to human health, and [arsenic from animals' waste is toxic to the environment](http://support.pcrm.org/site/R?i=hEEA1wbsjujJuoPHLh%5F23w&ref=foodconsumer.org).

Smith, T. FDA can't keep a secret -- agency accidentally reveals arsenical drug sales. Center for a Livable Future. Available at: [http://www.livablefutureblog.com/2012/10/fda-can’t-keep-a-secret—agency-accidently-reveals-arsenical-drug-sales-2](http://support.pcrm.org/site/R?i=TOH4jwwU5HcfYziQIGoPWw&ref=foodconsumer.org). Accessed October 29, 2012.

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