Maryland has become the first state to ban the use of arsenic in chicken feed after John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and Arizona State University found that some chicken feed contains a pretty toxic list of additives including caffeine, acetaminophen, fluoxetine, antibiotics, and arsenic. While the claim is that the arsenic is a way to boost chicken growth, thus cutting down on production costs, you have to wonder what affects the additives have on people who consume chicken on a regular basis. Thanks to the work of delegate Tom Hucker and Sen. Paul Pinsky, House Bill 754 was passed “prohibiting a person from using, selling,...

With Easter upon us, the fear that many animal rights activists have is that there will be a rush to buy brightly colored chicks, ducks, and bunnies, followed by the subsequent disposal of said animals when the color fades. Not to mention the on-going debate of whether the dye is actually harmful to the animals. Recently, the Florida State Legislature passed a bill that overturned the law making it illegal to dye animals for the past 45 years. Ellyn Bogdanof, Florida Senator, caving to the whims of a dog groomer who wants the ability to dye poodles, slipped Amendment 303390 onto “HB Bill 1197 which revises certain agriculture codes...