TV host Dr. Oz and the Federal Drug Administration are set to have a public debate on whether or not there is Arsenic in your child’s apple juice and if how much.
From On Parenting:
“The Dr. Oz Show” plans to today air a segment about arsenic in juice. The premise is that that a study commissioned by the show found significant levels of arsenic in several store brands of apple juice. The show promo makes a case that parents should be “shocked.”
But the Food and Drug Administration has already launched a campaign to counter the show’s assertions. Officials have posted fact sheets about the safety of apple juice to the FDA Facebook page and Web site as well as letters [here and here] that a senior science advisor sent to the show’s producers disputing their analysis.
Check out On Parenting for more details in this brewing debate.