8. Apple Juice
Now that beer and wine are off limits, you might be thinking of turning to apple juice instead. Not so fast—10% of apple juice samples bought from stores have arsenic levels higher than the amount allowed by the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, people who drink apple juice regularly were found to have 20% more arsenic in their urine than those who don’t drink apple juice, according to Consumer Reports. This is especially worrisome for children, since the same report showed that they drink more apple juice than pediatricians recommend.
9. Pear Juice
Speaking of arsenic in fruit juice, pear juice products have also been found to contain concerning amounts of arsenic. In samples obtained by the FDA, regular pear juice can contain as much as 88 ppb, while pear juice concentrates can go as alarmingly high as 523 ppb.
