You know arsenic is produced naturally in rice also.
I rarely eat rice but yeah I’ve heard that before.
Arsenic is an element. It cannot be “produced”.
It's in rice bran - which makes people who eat brown rice because it is "healthier" look extremely stupid. Asians always wash rice carefully and virtually never eat brown rice.
Just like that report about stuff in chocolate, which the plant picks up naturally from the soil.
Friends of ours have a small business selling soup. Some lawyer contacted them saying that had elevated levels of “X” in their soup and he was suing them under California laws.
A quick internet search by the owner discovered that those rules only apply to companies with more than 15 people or whatever, so the scam lawyer got a letter from a lawyer friend of the soup business saying to cease and desist or they would countersue for defamation or something.
“Oh - sorry! I didn’t realize you’re a small company!”
Turns out the scam lawyer buys all sorts of food and runs some quick tests on them, and then sues the companies. Based in California so the rules are much stricter, but was still a huge market for this small soup company. In every other state the soup meets the guidelines.