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On arsenic and apple juice: Is the EPA’s drinking water limit even safe?

By Melinda Wenner Moyer
Posted: December 13, 2011
Category: Chemicals, Food | Tagged arsenic, cancer, drinking water, EPA | 4 Comments
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