JULY 9TH, 2024POSTED BY UC BERKELEY Tampons from several brands that potentially millions of people use each month can contain toxic metals like lead, arsenic, and cadmium, a new study has found. Tampons are of particular concern as a potential source of exposure to chemicals, including metals, because the skin of the vagina has a...
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Too Much Rice Could Kill: Study Shows Arsenic Exposure Could Lead to Fatal Diseases
A study found that eating too much rice could lead to heart disease and death. A research team from the University of Manchester and the University of Salford analyzed the link between rice consumption and heart diseases in England and Wales, which are caused by arsenic exposure, according to Daily Mail. The research findings were...
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Think your gluten-free diet is healthy? You're exposed to twice as much arsenic and mercury, study finds
Gluten-free diets have increasingly grown in popularity over the past few years But scientists claim it could be dangerous for those choosing to eat such foods They found high levels of the 2 toxic metals in the urine of gluten-free dieters Gluten-free diets have taken off rapidly in the past few years. But new research...