FDA confirms , arsenic levels in some of these products are still too low to cause immediate effects or negative impact on short-term health . The agency will conduct further research using new tools to determine more specifically a variety of arsenic species in food as well as to analyze the long-term negative impacts .
As it is known , is a compound of arsenic cause cancer ( carcinogens ) in humans . Arsenic can be found in organic and inorganic forms . Both are combined into the total amount of arsenic .
The FDA report is a follow up from Consumer Reports to the government request in 2012 and then to restrict the content of arsenic in the rice , following the results of the examination of the 60 most popular rice products in the United States . The findings show the majority of rice products contain arsenic as a known carcinogen .
