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  2. Dried spices can contain lead, arsenic and cadmium ... - AOL

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    Dried herbs and spices added to food can be a “surprising and worrisome” source of heavy metals for kids and adults, a Consumer Reports investigation found.

  3. 7 Foods You Didn't Know Have Lead in Them - AOL

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    Spices like turmeric, paprika, and chili powder can contain lead, sometimes at alarming levels. ... The study also found other toxic elements like arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and BPA. krblokhin ...

  4. Arsenic - Wikipedia

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    Arsenic is a common n-type dopant in semiconductor electronic devices. It is also a component of the III–V compound semiconductor gallium arsenide. Arsenic and its compounds, especially the trioxide, are used in the production of pesticides, treated wood products, herbicides, and insecticides. These applications are declining with the ...

  5. Rice as food - Wikipedia

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    Rice is commonly consumed as food around the world. It occurs in long-, medium-, and short-grained types. It is the staple food of over half the world's population.. Hazards associated with rice consumption include arsenic from the soil, and Bacillus cereus which can grow in poorly-stored cooked rice, and cause food poisoning.

  6. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of herbs and herbal treatments with known or suspected adverse effects, either alone or in interaction with other herbs or drugs.Non-inclusion of an herb in this list does not imply that it is free of adverse effects.

  7. Arsenic found in bottled water sold by Whole Foods and Walmart

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    "Three samples tested this month ranged from 9.48 to 9.86 ppb of arsenic; a fourth registered 10.1 ppb, just above the federal limit of 10 ppb," wrote Ryan Felton, an investigative reporter at the ...

  8. 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Arsenic trioxide—also known as white arsenic—is an industrially produced inorganic compound with the formula As 2 O 3. It is white or colourless and is commonly found in either powdered or crystal form—the latter resembling sugar or sand. It is used as a wood preservative and a pesticide.

  9. Arsenic compounds - Wikipedia

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    Arsenic trioxide powder.. Compounds of arsenic resemble in some respects those of phosphorus which occupies the same group (column) of the periodic table.The most common oxidation states for arsenic are: −3 in the arsenides, which are alloy-like intermetallic compounds, +3 in the arsenites, and +5 in the arsenates and most organoarsenic compounds.