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High Levels Of Toxic Metals Found In Widely Consumed Drinks: Study
A new study has found that some commonly consumed beverages such as fruit juice and artificial soda contain levels of toxic metals including arsenic, cadmium, and lead that exceed federal drinking water standards.
Researchers from Tulane University, Louisiana, measured 25 different toxic metals and trace elements in 60 soft beverages, including single fruit juice, mixed fruit juice, plant-based milk, artificial soda, and tea.
The drinks were purchased in New Orleans and are commercially available in supermarkets across the United States.
Researchers found that five of the 60 beverages tested contained levels of a toxic metal above federal drinking water standards.
Two mixed juices had levels of arsenic above the 10 microgram/liter standard. Meanwhile, a cranberry juice, a mixed carrot and fruit juice, and an oat milk each had levels of cadmium exceeding the three parts per billion standard.
What Are Arsenic and Cadmium?
Arsenic is a naturally occurring tasteless, colorless, and odorless, chemical element that can be found in the environment, including in food and water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The element persists in the environment and does not deteriorate.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a 10 parts per billion (ppb), or 10 microgram/liter standard for arsenic in public drinking water in 2001, replacing the old standard of 50 microgram/liter.
However, long-term exposure to high levels of arsenic can result in skin disorders, an increased risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and several types of cancer, according to the CDC.
Cadmium, meanwhile, is another naturally occurring element used in products such as batteries, pigments, metal coatings, and plastics but also found in plant and animal foods, according to the CDC.
When consumed in large amounts, cadmium can cause stomach issues and when inhaled at high levels, it can lead to lung damage or death. Cadmium is considered a cancer-causing agent.
“Exposure to low levels of cadmium in air, food, water, and particularly in tobacco smoke over time may build up cadmium in the kidneys and cause kidney disease and fragile bones,” the CDC notes.
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/high-levels-toxic-metals-found-widely-consumed-drinks-study
California panel approves recommendations to provide reparation payments to black residents
The panels’s work is being closely followed by political leaders and historians, though it still faces significant hurdles like how to pay for reparations.
A California task force on Saturday approved recommendations that could direct billions of dollars in reparations to black residents, moving the issue now to the state’s Legislature.
The nine-member Reparations Task Force was created by a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing and protests.
It voted out its recommendations after spending nearly two years studying ideas and listening to testimony on how to create renumeration.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who is cosponsoring a bill in Congress to study restitution proposals for black Americans, said nationwide reparations “are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address longstanding racial disparities and inequalities,” according to The Associated Press.
The approved recommendations range from the creation of a new agency to provide services to slave descendants to calculations on compensation.
The panels’s work is being closely followed by political leaders across the country and historians, though it still faces a significant hurdle, including how to pay for reparations
A California task force on Saturday approved recommendations that could direct billions of dollars in reparations to black residents, moving the issue now to the state’s Legislature.
The nine-member Reparations Task Force was created by a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing and protests.
It voted out its recommendations after spending nearly two years studying ideas and listening to testimony on how to create renumeration.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who is cosponsoring a bill in Congress to study restitution proposals for black Americans, said nationwide reparations “are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address longstanding racial disparities and inequalities,” according to The Associated Press.
The approved recommendations range from the creation of a new agency to provide services to slave descendants to calculations on compensation.
The panels’s work is being closely followed by political leaders across the country and historians, though it still faces a significant hurdle, including how to pay for reparations
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/california-panel-approves-recommendations-provide-reparation-payments-black-residents