People may have been surprised to find out this week that apple juice contains arsenic, but scientists say that many foods contain trace levels of compounds that sound scary but are virtually harmless at low levels.
"Arsenic is something we all take in," said ABC News' chief health and medical correspondent, Dr. Richard Besser. "We take in small amounts of a lot of things that if you take in large quantities are dangerous, but in small amounts aren't."
1 comment:
about a year ago a tv program (like stossel) warned us about apple juice. most apple juice is produced in china and to beware because they don't have the same standards we have. our standards are bad enough; but china......
Post a Comment