Organic Foods Can Be Loaded With Arsenic

Organic Foods Can Be Loaded With Arsenic

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As virtuous as you might feel when you choose organic foods sweetened with brown rice syrup instead of high-fructose corn syrup, you might actually be making a potentially toxic decision. Infant formulas, cereal bars and other foods made with organic brown rice syrup are loaded with arsenic, found a new study. And while an occasional rice-sweetened energy bar probably won’t make much of a difference to your health, potential risks are greatest for babies, people with gluten intolerance and others who eat rice-heavy diets.

The findings suggest the need for regulations on arsenic in food, which so far, the United States Food and Drug Administration does not do.