More from Prevention: 12 Fish To Never, Ever Eat 3. Rice Dr. Cottingham’s study didn’t show a significant association between rice consumption and arsenic levels, but that’s likely due to the fact that her study participants weren’t big rice eaters. Other studies, though, are pretty compelling, she says, showing that people who eat rice closer to the amount the average American does (about half a cup per day) have consistently high arsenic levels. 4. Chicken and other poultry Poultry birds are regularly given feed containing arsenic-based drugs, which leads to an elevated level of arsenic in the meat. The FDA recently revoked approvals for three out of four of these toxic feed additives, but industry experts estimate that it’ll be at least a year before producers run through the remaining supplies of their arsenic-laced feed. Continue to opt for organic poultry, which is raised without the use of arsenic feed additives.5. Beer and wine In the Dartmouth study, men who had 2.5 beers per day had arsenic levels more than 30% higher than nonconsumers, and women who drank five to six glasses of wine per week had levels 20% higher than nonconsumers. The arsenic may be coming from the water used to brew these beverages, but beer and wine producers also use a filtration material, diatomaceous earth, that’s know to harbor arsenic. More from Prevention: The 8 Cruelest Foods You Eat
