Organic, baby foods high in arsenic content

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Organic, baby foods high in arsenic content (IANS)

18 February 2012

WASHINGTON - All those who swear by organic food or prefer baby food formulas are in for a rude shock - they may be high in arsenic content, known for toxicity and as a potential carcinogen.

Brian Jackson from Dartmouth College and others conducted a study to determine the concentrations of arsenic in food products containing organic brown rice syrup, including infant formula, cereal and high-energy foods used by endurance athletes.

The results were alarming. One of the infant formulas had a total arsenic concentration of six times the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) safe drinking water limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb), the journal Environmental Health Perspectives reports.

[ananda]

1. Is it just me, or am I not the only one who...

... sees a conspiracy against organic foods on the part of Monsanto here?

[Yo_Mama]

3. it's just you

Arsenic occurs naturally and minute amounts will show up in most foods. It's doubtful that the amounts given are a threat to human life. The US drinking water standards for arsenic were likely set too low to be realistic in the last revision.

Arsenic is in non-organic foods as well:
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/arsenic-apple-juice

I do not like to feed kids any foods from China, though, and I would not recommend giving little kids any commercial juices at all, given current food standards. You can make it yourself or buy it from a US source.

[mmonk]

2. Arsenic is organic.