Dive Summary:
- A popular BuzzFeed story titled "8 Foods We Eat In The US That Are Banned In Other Countries" tallied up over 4 million views in the last week, as well as some beef from NPR's Allison Aubrey.
- Aubrey writes that some claims made in the list, which was based on Dr. Jayson Calton and Mira Calton's book Rich Food, Poor Food, are out of date and misleading--particularly one about arsenic being used in chicken feed to "make meat appear pinker and fresher."
- An article Aubrey wrote in May reported that the trace amounts of arsenic in chicken meat is far below any dangerous level.
- Chemist and science blogger Derek Lowe also addressed several of the BuzzFeed list's claims, and Aubrey additionally cites his take on the inclusion of brominated vegetable oil.
From the article:
... Over the weekend, when BuzzFeed pulled the link to my post, it put up a correction notice stating: "Some studies linked in the original version of this article were concerning unrelated issues. They have been replaced with information directly from the book Rich Food, Poor Food (6/22/12)."
But here's the thing: My post was not unrelated to the topic. It just didn't support the notion that there was a danger here. ...
