article_snippet: Arsenic is found in air, soil and water throughout the world.
article_snippet: Therefore, Arsenic can also found in grains, fruits, vegetables and seafood due to absorption through soil and water.
article_snippet: Plants take up trace amounts of arsenic from the soil, and we have been ingesting trace amounts of arsenic from the soil for all of human history.
article_snippet: Generally, trace amounts of arsenic from the soil are at levels well below that associated with either acute or chronic toxicity," said Cornell University's Gavin Lavi Sacks, director of undergraduate studies for the viticulture and enology program in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
article_snippet: Arsenic occurs in inorganic and organic forms.
article_snippet: The FDA describes organic or naturally occurring arsenic as "essentially harmless.
article_snippet: Inorganic arsenic has been classified as a human carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency.
article_snippet: Long-term exposure to inorganic arsenic, mainly through smoking, drinking contaminated water, eating food prepared with contaminated water or eating food irrigated with arsenic-rich water, can lead to health risks such as cancer and skin lesions.
highlights_snippet: Arsenic can be dangerous in high concentrations .