Europe's Beating Cancer Plan:

Lower arsenic levels in food.

The Commission recently approved new rules to reduce the presence of arsenic in food.

Inorganic arsenic can lead to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.

Arsenic is present in low concentrations in rocks, soil, and natural groundwater, with food and drinking water being the main routes of human exposure to it.

Adopting lower Maximum Levels (MLs) marks another significant step toward achieving the goals of the European Cancer Fighting Plan to limit or eliminate the cancer risk associated with chemicals in food.

This decision is part of the collective effort of member states to monitor the presence of arsenic in food.