Category: arsenic

Consumer Reports Challenges FDA’s ‘High’ Arsenic Limits in Apple Juice, Citing Health Risks to Children

June 1, 2023
arsenicUSUS News
0 Comment

Consumer Reports has criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final guidance on limits for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, citing concerns about the health risks to children. The FDA issued its final guidance on June 1, setting the action level for inorganic arsenic in apple juice at 10 parts per billion (ppb), a…

Read More

Beware of Toxic Spices: Heavy Metals Found in Major Brand Names

March 25, 2023
arsenicEducation & Family NewsFDAHealth & Safetyheavy metalsleadLifestylePublic SafetyScienceScience Newsspicestoxic heavy metalstoxic spicesUSUS News
0 Comment

Despite four lawsuits over the last two years over significant levels of toxic heavy metals in big brand names of herbs and spices found in a 2021 consumer report, big box stores continue to carry the listed brands and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet set stricter limits on heavy metals…

Read More

How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic Levels

May 23, 2022
arsenicBrightEnvironmentalhealthnutritionricetoxinswellness
0 Comment

Boiling rice like pasta reduces arsenic levels, but how much nutrition is lost? Cooking rice in a high water-to-rice ratio reduces toxic arsenic content, which I discuss in my video How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic Levels. What exactly does that mean? Well, as you can see at 0:16 in my video, if you boil rice like pasta…

Read More

The Effects of Too Much Arsenic in the Diet

January 4, 2021
arsenicdietFitness & NutritionMind & Body
0 Comment

Even at low-level exposure, arsenic is not just a class I carcinogen, but may also impair our immune function and increase our risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. When people hear about arsenic, they think of it as an acute poison, and, indeed, a tiny amount—a hundred milligrams, about one-tenth the weight of a paperclip—could kill you…

Read More