Legislation to Ban Arsenic in Maryland’s Poultry Industry Derailed Again by Insider Politics
Washington, D.C.—“For the third year in a row, the Maryland State House has failed consumers and their vital resources by undermining groundbreaking legislation that would have banned the use of arsenic in the state’s poultry industry. - “At the last minute the poultry and pharmaceutical industries made changes to the bill to ban arsenic, effectively nullifying the bill’s intent. They then used their political clout to pass the gutted bill through the House of Delegates. “The Democratic leadership of the Maryland General Assembly will need to fix this bill in order to demonstrate that their loyalties lie with their constituents, not the powerful poultry and pharmaceutical industries.
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