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by Herodotus38 972 days ago
Arsenic levels in soil can naturally vary depending on minerals under the soil. So you can get more if say you are eating a root vegetable that you need to wash the dirt off vs less from an above ground vegetable.

Unfortunately I have learned a lot about this bc our region has unnaturally elevated levels of lead and arsenic die to pesticide use in the past. But can also just be bad luck and natural.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK231016/#:~:text=The%20....