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Concerned about Heavy Metals in Baby Food?
While heavy metal contamination of foods, particularly those for infants, has been known about for years, recent events have once again brought it to public attention. On February 4th the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy...
FDA Approves Inorganic Arsenic Limits in Baby Rice Cereal
In August, the US FDA finalized their previously-issued guidance on inorganic arsenic in rice cereals for infants. After evaluation of the health risks associated with infant exposure to inorganic arsenic, as well as the testing results of commercially-available...
Protecting our Future: Inorganic Arsenic in Baby Food
Brooks Applied Lab's own, Hakan Gürleyük and Ben Wozniak, recently co-authored a publication with scientists from around the world that supported the development of a new certified reference material (CRM) for arsenic species and toxic trace elements in rice flour....
2019: Year in Review
The monthly Brooks Applied Labs (BAL) newsletter contained many interesting and informational articles over the past year. To start off 2020, here's a recap of the most popular newsletter pieces from the past year (click on link for the full article): Choosing the...
Filtered Beer & Wine can have Higher Arsenic and Lead Levels
There have been many research publications in recent years detailing the heavy metal levels in alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine, but few of these investigate how the processing of these beverages may influence the levels of toxic metals. The results of a new...
In the News (Again) – Arsenic in Baby Food
Brooks Applied Labs was recently mentioned in a Canadian Broadcasting Company news segment on their investigation into arsenic concentration of baby foods sold in Canada. BAL performed the testing which showed some baby foods contained inorganic arsenic above the US...
Arsenic and Lead in Fruit Juice
Everyone knows that too much of a good thing can be bad. But what happens when even a little of a good thing can be harmful? Consumer reports tested different fruit juices for cadmium, lead, mercury, and inorganic arsenic. The results were startling. Click here for...
Choosing the Appropriate Method for Arsenic Speciation
When routine analytical testing indicates that a sample contains elevated levels of arsenic, more detailed characterization is often warranted. Performing arsenic speciation analysis – where specific molecular forms of arsenic are individually quantified – is often...