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How Does Arsenic Get in Our Food?
Patty Lovera is the Assistant Director of Food & Water Watch . She explains that arsenic is a known carcinogen and consumers should be worried about traces of arsenic found in their food. Today arsenic is used in poultry feed, and remnants of arsenic in apple orchards remain from arsenic-laden pesticides used in the past.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readPatty Lovera is the Assistant Director of Food & Water Watch. She explains that arsenic is a known carcinogen and consumers should be worried about traces of arsenic found in their food. Today arsenic is used in poultry feed, and remnants of arsenic in apple orchards remain from arsenic-laden pesticides used in the past.
