{"id":353157,"date":"2023-05-07T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/?p=353157"},"modified":"2023-05-07T01:11:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T05:11:42","slug":"high-levels-of-toxic-metals-found-in-widely-consumed-drinks-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/2023\/05\/high-levels-of-toxic-metals-found-in-widely-consumed-drinks-study\/","title":{"rendered":"High Levels of Toxic Metals Found in Widely Consumed Drinks: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Epoch Times<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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A new study has found that some commonly consumed beverages such as fruit juice and\u00a0artificial soda contain levels of toxic metals including\u00a0arsenic, cadmium, and lead\u00a0that exceed federal drinking water standards.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Tulane University, Louisiana,\u00a0measured 25 different toxic metals<\/a>\u00a0and trace elements in\u00a060 soft beverages, including single fruit juice, mixed fruit juice, plant-based milk, artificial soda, and tea.<\/p>\n

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The drinks were purchased in New Orleans and are commercially available in supermarkets across the United States.<\/p>\n

Researchers found that five of the 60\u00a0beverages tested contained levels of a toxic metal above federal drinking water standards.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

What Are Arsenic and Cadmium?<\/h2>\n

Arsenic is a\u00a0naturally occurring tasteless, colorless, and odorless, chemical element that can be found in the environment, including in food and water, according to the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The element\u00a0persists in the environment and does not deteriorate.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0\u00a0U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\u00a0adopted<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a010 parts per billion (ppb), or\u00a010 microgram\/liter standard for\u00a0arsenic in public drinking water in 2001, replacing the old standard of 50 microgram\/liter.<\/p>\n

However, long-term exposure to high levels of arsenic can result in\u00a0skin disorders, an increased risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and several types of cancer, according to the\u00a0CDC.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cadmium, meanwhile, is another\u00a0naturally occurring element used in products such as\u00a0batteries, pigments, metal coatings, and plastics but also found in plant and animal foods, according to the\u00a0CDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When consumed in large amounts,\u00a0cadmium can cause stomach issues and when inhaled at high levels, it can lead to lung damage or death.\u00a0Cadmium is considered a cancer-causing agent.<\/p>\n

\u201cExposure 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,\u201d the CDC notes.<\/p>\n

Fruit Juices, Plant-Based Milks Contain Higher Levels<\/h2>\n

In total,\u00a07 of the 25 elements measured by researchers in their study exceeded drinking water standards in some of the drinks, including nickel, manganese, boron, cadmium, strontium, arsenic, and selenium, while lead was detected in more than 93 percent of the 60 samples, although the majority contained levels below one part per billion.<\/p>\n

The highest level (6.3 micrograms\/kg) was found in a lime sports drink, though that is still below\u00a0standards for drinking water set by the EPA and the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

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from The Epoch Times: A new study has found that some commonly consumed beverages such as fruit juice and\u00a0artificial soda contain levels of toxic metals including\u00a0arsenic, cadmium, and lead\u00a0that exceed federal drinking water standards. Researchers from Tulane University, Louisiana,\u00a0measured 25 different toxic metals\u00a0and trace elements in\u00a060 soft beverages, including single fruit juice, mixed fruit juice, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153937,153907,153896],"tags":[154213],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353158,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353157\/revisions\/353158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}