Do you love drinking wine? You might want to be particular about the provenance of any bottle of wine you plan to consume. Recently, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court against several wineries whose poor manufacturing practices led to instances of arsenic contamination. The same wineries are being held liable for failing to warn consumers about the health risks involved. Arsenic is a naturally occurring element, which means that at one point and on some level, an average adult would have already been exposed to it. The odorless, colorless compound is commonly found in mineral-rich sources such as groundwater. Aside from grapes and other fruits fermented for wine, arsenic could also be found in seafood, meat, poultry, cereals, and other crops irrigated by contaminated water, not to mention glass, metals, and other industrial products where it’s used as an alloying agent.
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