Arsenic-polluted water linked to cancer in India

By Medhavi Arora, CNN

Updated 0743 GMT (1543 HKT) May 1, 2017

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Because rice takes up arsenic more readily than other grains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at the effects of long-term exposure to very low amounts of arsenic in rice and rice products. Rice's importance as a staple in regions around the world makes it a priority for food researchers. <br /><br />In April, the FDA <a href="http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm367263.htm" target="_blank">proposed a limit of 100 parts per billion of inorganic arsenic</a> in infant rice cereal. <br /><br />Click through the gallery for more foods that can contain traces of arsenic, according to studies. <br />
Photos: Foods in which arsenic may be present
Because rice takes up arsenic more readily than other grains, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at the effects of long-term exposure to very low amounts of arsenic in rice and rice products. Rice's importance as a staple in regions around the world makes it a priority for food researchers.

In April, the FDA proposed a limit of 100 parts per billion of inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal.

Click through the gallery for more foods that can contain traces of arsenic, according to studies.
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In a <a href="http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1104619/" target="_blank">2012 study</a> by researchers at Dartmouth College, products that listed organic brown rice syrup as a primary ingredient, such as some <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/health/2012/02/16/exp-cohen-and-arsenic-in-baby-formula.cnn.html">toddler formulas and cereal bars</a>, tested positive for higher levels of arsenic than products that didn't contain the ingredient or contained less of it.
Photos: Foods in which arsenic may be present
In a 2012 study by researchers at Dartmouth College, products that listed organic brown rice syrup as a primary ingredient, such as some toddler formulas and cereal bars, tested positive for higher levels of arsenic than products that didn't contain the ingredient or contained less of it.
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