"The overall goal of this research is to establish a risk profile for apple juice and cider with respect to potential contamination with arsenic and other metals. The specific objectives of this research are to evaluate the in vitro toxicity of inorganic arsenic on a human intestinal cell line (Caco-2 cells) as well as to assess the concentrations of metals in samples of shelf-stable apple juice and fresh apple cider obtained at retail operations and cider mills throughout Michigan, and to determine the relationship of metal concentrations in fresh apples with that in orchard soil samples (from Michigan orchards)."--from abstract.
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