The Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gov. Martin O’Malley is expected to sign a bill this week that would make Maryland the first state to ban an arsenic additive in chicken feed.
Last month, state lawmakers passed a bill banning the use of Roxarsone, a chemical used to help the birds grow and fight parasites.
Pfizer Inc., which distributes Roxarsone, stopped selling the chemical in July after a U.S. Food & Drug Administration study found higher levels of inorganic arsenic in chicken treated with Roxarsone than in those that were not fed the chemical. Arsenic is a. . .
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