Title: Arsenic in Food: FAQ
Headings: How arsenic gets into foods, and what it means for you.
Arsenic in Food: FAQ
How arsenic gets into foods, and what it means for you.
What is arsenic and how does it get into foods?
Are there particular foods that it’s in?
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Content: Beyond cancer, she says, more evidence suggests that low to moderate levels of exposure -- just about the U.S. standard for drinking water of 10 parts per billion -- may cause cardiovascular disease. Chronic arsenic exposure may also affect the lungs, leading to breathing problems. In children, Navas-Acien says emerging evidence suggests that arsenic may cause problems with brain development. Arsenic may also contribute to problems with pregnancy like miscarriages and low birth weight. Should I stop drinking juice, or should my kids? People shouldn’t shun the juice aisle, says Richard W. Stahlhut, MD, MPH, a toxicologist at the University of Rochester in New York. But it’s probably not a bad idea to cut back if you or your kids drink a lot of juice, Stahlhut says, or to be careful about the kinds of juice that you drink. “ Anytime you can easily avoid something, avoid it,” he says, but don’t drive yourself crazy. “You can’t be perfect. If the goal is perfection, you’re doomed,” Stahlhut says. “