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16th February 2012, 23:56
By JANE E. ALLEN (@JaneEAllenABC) , ABC News Medical Unit
Feb. 16, 2012
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/arsenic-organics-rice/story?id=15642428#.Tz2V6VGcySo
If you're shopping organic and see brown rice syrup listed first among ingredients, you may want to think twice: That product could have high levels of potentially toxic arsenic, Dartmouth researchers reported today.
A team led by environmental chemist Brian P. Jackson found what Jackson called dangerous amounts of arsenic in organic powdered baby formula, intended for toddlers, whose top ingredient was brown rice syrup. That formula contained six times more arsenic than the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe for the water supply.
Jackson and his colleagues also reported elevated arsenic levels in some brown rice-sweetened cereal bars, energy bars and energy "shots"consumed by endurance athletes, according to a study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.The results, which do not identify any products by name, follow recent reports about trace levels of arsenic in apple juice and previous reports of arsenic in rice.
ABC News conducted an online search for baby formula with organic brown rice syrup as the primary ingredient and found two products, Baby's Only Organic Dairy Toddler Formula and Baby's Only Organic Soy Toddler Formula, both made by Nature's One.
In a prepared response, Nature's One said its California-based supplier of the syrup "uses qualified, world-renowned, third-party, independent lab to test arsenic levels in their organic brown rice syrup. Their testing results report undetectable amounts of arsenic at laboratory testing limits."
PHOTO: A new study finds organic brown rice syrup appears to be the source of arsenic in some organic foods
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"As an organic manufacturer, Nature's One's primary concern is the amount of environmental chemicals ingested by infants, toddlers and children. Parents can rest assured that Nature's OneŽ will test arsenic levels for every lot of organic brown rice syrup and organic rice oligodextrin prior to production," the statement said. Rice oligodextrin is another type of sugar also used in some baby products.
Feb. 16, 2012
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/arsenic-organics-rice/story?id=15642428#.Tz2V6VGcySo
If you're shopping organic and see brown rice syrup listed first among ingredients, you may want to think twice: That product could have high levels of potentially toxic arsenic, Dartmouth researchers reported today.
A team led by environmental chemist Brian P. Jackson found what Jackson called dangerous amounts of arsenic in organic powdered baby formula, intended for toddlers, whose top ingredient was brown rice syrup. That formula contained six times more arsenic than the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe for the water supply.
Jackson and his colleagues also reported elevated arsenic levels in some brown rice-sweetened cereal bars, energy bars and energy "shots"consumed by endurance athletes, according to a study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.The results, which do not identify any products by name, follow recent reports about trace levels of arsenic in apple juice and previous reports of arsenic in rice.
ABC News conducted an online search for baby formula with organic brown rice syrup as the primary ingredient and found two products, Baby's Only Organic Dairy Toddler Formula and Baby's Only Organic Soy Toddler Formula, both made by Nature's One.
In a prepared response, Nature's One said its California-based supplier of the syrup "uses qualified, world-renowned, third-party, independent lab to test arsenic levels in their organic brown rice syrup. Their testing results report undetectable amounts of arsenic at laboratory testing limits."
PHOTO: A new study finds organic brown rice syrup appears to be the source of arsenic in some organic foods
Vanessa Davies/Getty Images
A new study finds organic brown rice syrup... View Full Size
Organic Foods Are Not Always the Healthier Choice Watch Video
Arsenic in Apple Juice: Is It Safe to Drink? Watch Video
Arsenic in Apple Juice Fears Raised by Study Watch Video
"As an organic manufacturer, Nature's One's primary concern is the amount of environmental chemicals ingested by infants, toddlers and children. Parents can rest assured that Nature's OneŽ will test arsenic levels for every lot of organic brown rice syrup and organic rice oligodextrin prior to production," the statement said. Rice oligodextrin is another type of sugar also used in some baby products.