I am slowly learning of the toxicity that is ever present in our foods, soaps, water, etc. Something I’ve discovered is the existence of heavy metals in most products and their harmful effects. My question is, why are they even there. I mean, just a few years ago it was discovered that most baby food contained toxic heavy metals….
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Arsenic has been used on cotton fields to kill boll weevils. It stays there in the ground. If the same land is later used to grow food crops, they can absorb arsenic from the soil. Rice is particularly good at absorbing arsenic from soil. It’s also good at absorbing cadmium.
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