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Lowering Exposure to Arsenic in Your Baby’s Food
Lowering Exposure to Arsenic in Your Baby’s Food
If you feed your baby rice cereal, you might want to offer other grains like oatmeal and barley instead, because rice contains a high amount of arsenic. A natural element, arsenic is found in water, air and soil, but it is also linked to skin, lung, liver, kidney and bladder cancer. Arsenic exposure may also cause problems during pregnancy and developmental problems at birth.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends feeding children a variety of foods to decrease the amount of arsenic in their diet. Pregnant women should also eat different kinds of grains. Arsenic in infant rice cereal is a concern because infants eat about three times the amount of rice that adults eat in relation to what they weigh. More than half of infant rice cereals meet or are near the limit of 100 parts per billion for arsenic. Cereal companies soon may be required to make sure the amount of arsenic in their products is under the limit. Arsenic is present in other foods and drinks like bottled water and apple juice. These products also must not exceed arsenic limits.