On Wednesday's episode of "The Dr. Oz Show," Oz said that levels of arsenic found in some apple juice brands made them unsafe for consumption. The FDA refused to talk to Oz or come on his show to discuss his findings.
The FDA did, however, review Oz's test results and informed the show with a letter dated Sept. 9 that they couldn't be used to determine whether the juice is unsafe since the test only measured the total arsenic.
The FDA said there are two kinds of arsenic -- organic and inorganic. The organic form of arsenic is essentially harmless, said FDA spokeswoman Stephanie Yao, but high levels of inorganic arsenic can be fatal.
"To try and interpret that data to mean that apple juice is unsafe is misleading. It's irresponsible, and I think they're needlessly scaring parents," FDA scientist Don Zink, Ph.D, told "The TODAY Show."
“As a doctor and a parent, it’s concerning me to that there could be toxins such as arsenic in juice we are giving to our kids,” Oz said on his show. “While we do not know of any cases of poisonings, we do know that arsenic is a substance that shouldn’t be in food and could be associated with various public health problems such as cancer. Our show today demonstrates that there is in fact arsenic in some juice products and advocates that allowable levels should be equal with tap and bottled water standards.”
“We have been monitoring levels of arsenic in many foods, including apple juice for several years, and the data we have shows there really is no cause for concern,” she told msnbc.com Wednesday.
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