How can I buy apple juice with less arsenic?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz answered:The recent findings on high arsenic levels in apple juice are alarming. How do you know what juice is safe to drink? Follow these guidelines to make sure you’re buying the safest juice available.
1.) Be sure to check all over the package for the country the juice concentrate comes from. Look for concentrate made in the USA—it's highly regulated, making it a safer choice.
2.) Whenever possible, buy organic apple juice. None of the organic apple juices we tested came back with arsenic levels higher than the safe drinking water limit as determined by the FDA.
3.) Look for country of origin. The way countries are listed on juice boxes can be misleading. If it says "A Product of Canada," this does not necessarily mean the juice is from Canada. It could mean that the juice was packages there or even that the box was made in Canada. On that same package, you could find another label that says, "Conc from China," meaning that the juice concentrate comes from China.The recent findings on high arsenic levels in apple juice are alarming. How do you know what juice is safe to drink? Follow these guidelines to make sure you’re buying the safest juice available.1.) Be sure to check all over the package for... More -
Joan Salge Blake of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics answered:Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment as well as from contamination by humans. Inorganic arsenic is the harmful kind, so just like with cholesterol, getting a measurement of total arsenic doesn’t say very much.
The FDA has been tracking the potential contamination in apples and other juices for years and concludes that there is no evidence of any public health risk from drinking apple juice.
Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment as well as from contamination by humans. Inorganic arsenic is the harmful kind, so just like with cholesterol, getting a measurement of total arsenic doesn’t say very much. The FDA has been... More
