Organic Foods Can Be Loaded With Arsenic

Organic Foods Can Be Loaded With Arsenic

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.