Archive for arsenic

New concerns over baby rice cereal and arsenic levels

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

Consumer Reports has just released a study that finds an alarming amount of deadly arsenic in baby rice products. In light of the findings, consumer groups are pressuring the FDA to set guidelines and restrictions on arsenic levels in rice and rice cereals. While arsenic is a naturally occurring chemical element in the earth, elevated levels are ... read more »

Adopted 13 year old Florida girl confesses to poisoning family

Friday, October 8th, 2010

A 13 year old girl from Mexico, who was abandoned by her biological mother when she was around 8 years old, was adopted by a family in Orlando, Florida Family who she has been allegedly been trying to poison. The 7th grader, Michel Pollard, has confessed to trying to poison everyone in the family (except ... read more »