Controversy over
Arsenic in apple juice made
headlines as the school year began when Mehmet Oz, M.D., host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” told viewers that tests he’d commissioned
it found 10% of apple juice and grape juice samples had total
arsenic levels above the drinking water standard of 10 parts per
billion. Consumer Reports also found that the majority of the arsenic in
the tested juice was inorganic, the kind to cause cancer.
The Dr. Oz Show has been communicating with the FDA since the original broadcast in September ,2011. The FDA sent letters to the show in September saying that the majority of arsenic in apple juice is organic or the
“harmless kind". In a conference call with
The Dr. Oz Show in October and in an email sent on November 29th,
the FDA says it's researching the new evidence suggesting the majority
of arsenic in apple juice is inorganic. In addition, the FDA told
The Dr. Oz Show that there are two forms of organic arsenic in apple juice that are potentially harmful.
The Dr. Oz Show has been communicating with the FDA since the original broadcast in September ,2011. The FDA sent letters to the show in September saying that the majority of arsenic in apple juice is organic or the “harmless kind". In a conference call with The Dr. Oz Show in October and in an email sent on November 29th,
the FDA says it's researching the new evidence suggesting the majority
of arsenic in apple juice is inorganic. In addition, the FDA told The Dr. Oz Show that there are two forms of organic arsenic in apple juice that are potentially harmful.