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Lynne Peeples

Arresting Arsenic: How A Notorious Poison Permeates Our Food And Drink

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.10.2012 | Green
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A French maid, a promiscuous husband, and an angry wife -- the first arsenic poisoning patient that Dr. Michael Harbut saw in his Michigan practice wa...

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High Levels of Arsenic Found in Rice

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 11.25.2012 | Healthy Living
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

The FDA and Consumer Reports recently released lab reports detailing just how much arsenic is in rice products -- and found that many brands contain more arsenic in a single serving than what the EPA allows in a quart of drinking water.

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Congressmen Plan To Introduce Bill That Would Limit Arsenic Levels In Rice

Posted 09.21.2012 | Healthy Living
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Days after consumer groups publicly pushed the Food and Drug Administration to establish standards for how much arsenic should be permitted in rice, t...

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How Does Arsenic Get Inside Rice?

Posted 09.20.2012 | Science
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By: Life's Little Mysteries Staff Published: 09/19/2012 06:15 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Arsenic-laced rice products being reported in the n...

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Arsenic and Rice: Concerning Levels of Known Human Carcinogen Found in Tests of More Than 200 Consumer Reports Samples

Jean Halloran | Posted 11.19.2012 | Home
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Jean Halloran

Arsenic is already considered to be one of the most potent carcinogens in our environment, but a new analysis suggests that it may be even more potent than previously thought.

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Are There Unsafe Levels Of Arsenic In Rice?

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 11.19.2012 | Healthy Living
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration may consider new standards for the levels of arsenic in rice as consumer groups are calling for federal...

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A Bitter Sweetener in Baby Formula

Dr. Gary Ginsberg | Posted 04.23.2012 | Green
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Dr. Gary Ginsberg

Taking a crop high in arsenic and concentrating it down into a syrup and then putting that into baby formula sounds like a terrorist plot on a TV drama. Unfortunately, it's actually happening.

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Is There Arsenic In Your Cereal Bar?

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2012 | Healthy Living
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Feb 16 (Reuters) - Significant levels of arsenic may be found in some prepared food products listing organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener and mai...

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