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Organic Foods Can Be Loaded With Arsenic

Posted February 16, 2012 12:07 PM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

Infant formulas, cereal bars and other foods made with organic brown rice syrup can contain high levels of arsenic.

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02/16/2012 7:21 PM

Does nobody realize that arsenic is a NATURALLY OCCURING element in a LOT of soils around the world?

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02/17/2012 7:07 AM

I was going to ask how much arsenic is in non-organic food...

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02/17/2012 9:59 AM

I was going to ask how much arsenic is in non-organic food...

Funny, that's the first question that came to my mind, also.

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02/19/2012 4:36 PM

Quick! Panic now!!!!

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