Tag: arsenic
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Researchers Claim Filtering Process Adds Arsenic to Beer
Scientists presenting at the National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society have reportedly identified elevated levels of arsenic in some beers sold in Germany. According to Mehmet Coelhan, who conducted the study of 140 beers as part of a monitoring program, “the discovery could be of importance for breweries and other food processors…
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Codex Meeting to Target Food Contaminants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have announced a March 12, 2013, public meeting in College Park, Maryland, to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for discussion at the 7th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods in Moscow on April…
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Study Examines Food Contaminant Exposures
University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Davis, researchers have published a study examining the health effects of foodborne toxin exposure in children and adults. Rainbow Vogt, et al., “Cancer and noncancer health effects from food contaminant exposures for children and adults in California: a risk assessment,” Environmental Health, November 2012. Based on…
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Lawmakers Request Information on Arsenic in Rice
U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) have sent letters to eight companies requesting information about arsenic levels in rice products. Waxman and DeGette have asked Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp., Carolina Rice, Della Rice, Earth’s Best, Nestlé Nutrition’s Gerber Rice, Jazzmen Rice, Martin Farms, and Whole Foods Market to respond by November 8, 2012,…
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NBC’s Open Channel Blog Documents Chronic Kidney Disease in Sugarcane Workers
NBC’s Open Channel blog has reported “an inexplicable epidemic in Central America, where more than 16,000 people—mostly sugarcane workers— have died from incurable chronic kidney disease [CKD].” According to Open Channel, “hundreds, if not thousands” of people in the sugar-producing city of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, have allegedly contracted CKD, which has apparently increased “five-fold in the…
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Consumer Reports Finds Arsenic in Rice Products, Calls for Federal Standard
After testing more than 200 rice products, Consumer Reports purportedly found levels of total arsenic, both organic and inorganic, far in excess of the federal limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb) for arsenic in drinking water. Among the products tested were baby cereals, crackers, milk, pasta, flour, and an array of brown, white and…
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FDA Expands Surveillance After Report on Arsenic in Rice
A recent study has reportedly detected inorganic arsenic (Asi) in organic brown rice syrup (OBRS), a prepared foods sweetener sometimes used in lieu of high-fructose corn syrup. Brian P. Jackson, et al., “Arsenic, Organic Foods, and Brown Rice Syrup,” Environmental Health Perspectives, February 2012. Researchers evidently sought to determine “the concentration and speciation of arsenic…
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Codex Meeting to Target Food Contaminants
The U.S Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have announced a February 23, 2012, public meeting in College Park, Maryland, to provide information and receive public comments on draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 6th Session of…