The typical Charlotte consumer buying apple juice at Harris Teeter or Berrybrook Farm may not be obsessed about protecting their health by avoiding arsenic in their foods. It also seems some consumers are not aware that arsenic is in many food products, but have heard about arsenic being in apple juice.
According to one FDA report, the amount of arsenic in apple juice is acceptable. The average person may be able to eat foods that contain low amounts or arsenic without suffering any health issues. That report contained the following:
But the Food and Drug Administration has every confidence in the safety of apple juice.
Donald Zink, Ph.D, senior science advisor at FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), explains that arsenic is present in the environment as a naturally occurring substance or as a result of contamination from human activity. It is found in water, air, food, and soil in organic and inorganic forms.
As a result, small amounts of arsenic can be found in certain food and beverage products—including fruit juices and juice concentrates.
Charlotte consumers wanting to avoid arsenic in apple juice and other foods may want to do some research to learn the accepted levels of arsenic. Most would not agree that the levels listed on all sites are safe, preferring to avoid arsenic as much as possible
While some may state there is no need to be concerned about the levels of arsenic in apple juice, many parents in Charlotte and throughout the country have been avoiding apple juice found in a typical grocery store. Some are using other types of juice, while others have decided to stay with the organic apple juice available in local stores
By:Pat Anthony, Charlotte Healthy Living Examiner
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