trace levels of arsenic are not a problem.race levels of arsenic are safe. >> reporter: the juice makers say the government needs to set the standards. and the fda tells us based on some of these elevated levels, they're considering doing just that. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and now, here, together, side-by-side, our own dr. richard besser and dr. mehmet oz. help us grasp at home how serious this is. what does this arsenic do in the bodies of children? >> reporter: well, there's data on risk to cancer from long-term chronic exposure. i haven't seen good data on what is the impact of low level long-term exposure in children. i think we need more information in terms of the risk of arsenic. >> we believe the elevated chronic exposure to arsenic can cause heart disease, we know it is associated with cancer, skin disorders. >> i'm saying, why give them four ounces? why give them six or eight, period? >> well, i've had these discussions with the fda and with the juice association, i made this point. these are products th

oz show raised similar concerns about arsenic in apple juice. at the time the fda questioned the findings. >> the sum total of the data says the arsenic we have in the u.s. apple juice supply is at very low levels, levels that don't cause us to be concerned. >> reporter: the fda said it would be concerned if arsenic levels exceeded 23 parts per billion. on the "today" show this morning, the juice industry noted only one sample for grape juice exceeded that level. >> the juices are safe. the industry is committed to meeting whatever science-based standards the fda sets. if fda scientists say the science justifies changing the standard the industry will meet it. >> reporter: because kids drink so much apple juice there will be a new national standard not to exceed 3 parts per billion. that would be considerably less than the current standard for water which is 10 parts per billion. the fda now says it is considering a new standard to reduce consumer exposure to arsenic in apple juice. to many parents that makes sense. >> these are our children. we

the fda insisted arsenic is safe. >> in our testing that lot has a small amount of arsenic in it, itreporter: the fda still stands by that but in a statement to nbc news it now says it's conducting more test to determine if a guidance level can be established that would relus consumers' exposure to arsenic in apple juice. the juice products association says it's committed to following federal guidelines as it has for decades, adding comparing arsenic in apple juice to water is not appropriate. regulatory agencies have set lower thresh holds for drinking water than food and other beverages because people consume larger amounts of water. this is important, the fda has said that the level of concern for arsenic in apple juice is 23 parts per billion, 23, only one of the grape juices tested by "consumer reports" exceeded that level, none of the apple juices radio etched that level. by comparison the fda's limit for water is ten parts per billion. "consumer reports" does not suggest erasing juice from your child's diet. the american academy of pediatrics suggested diluting and limiting co

oz warned about arsenic. dr. besser accused him of fear gathering. >> reporter: dr.besser does not come out on the winning side of the debate. but, he's blaming the fda for withholding the most damaging results of the study on arsenic in juice. it started on the dr. oz show. >> many so of the best known brands in america have arsenic in their apple juice. >> reporter: chief health and medical editor for abc challenged dr. oz and his research on "good morning america." >> this fear gatheringg6bk remis me of yelling fire in a movie theater i'm very annoyed. -- >> reporter: consumer reports tested apple and grip juice, including some of america's favorite brands. -- out of 88 samples, 10% had total arsenic levels greater than the federal standard for drinking water. dr. besser blames the fda for backpedaling on its original statement that made him so adamant juice was safe. >> they said there was an industry standard turns out there is not. they said the type of arsenic in apple juice was the safe kind. turns out it was not. they published results online so we could loo

levels higher than federal drinking water standards for arsenic itself.ents about the safety of apple juice. of the 88 samples tested by "consumer reports," 10% had total arsenic levels that exceeded federal drinking water standards. unlike water there are no federal limits for juice. >> it's a product everybody feeds their children and infants and i don't understand why there could possibly be such a thing in something so natural. >> if it's to the point where it's causing harm to her development, definitely. i would stop. >> reporter: this isn't the first time apple juice has been in the headlines. >> i'm worried about it as a father of four. >> reporter: in september, dr. oz announced findings from his own study of arsenic levels in apple juice. >> some of the best known brands in america have arsenic in their apple juice. >> reporter: an independent lab found one-third had levels higher than what the epa allows in drinking water. the fda took issue with dr. oz's findings saying the study did not differentiate between the two types of arsenic, organic

oz warned about arsenic. dr. besser accused him of fear gathering. >> reporter: dr.sser does not come out on the winning side of the debate. but, he's blaming the fda for withholding the most damaging results of the study on arsenic in juice. it started on the dr. oz show. >> many so of the best known brands in america have arsenic in their apple juice. >> reporter: chief health and medical editor for abc challenged dr. oz and his research on "good morning america." >> this fear gatheringg6bk remis me of yelling fire in a movie theater i'm very annoyed. -- >> reporter: consumer reports tested apple and grip juice, including some of america's favorite brands. -- out of 88 samples, 10% had total arsenic levels greater than the federal standard for drinking water. dr. besser blames the fda for backpedaling on its original statement that made him so adamant juice was safe. >> they said there was an industry standard turns out there is not. they said the type of arsenic in apple juice was the safe kind. turns out it was not. they published results online so we could look

i would never guess that arsenic would be in there. and we definitely don't want to be drinking that obviously. >> reporter: the government has rules about arsenic in lead. but for those those don't apply to fruit juices. >> the food and drug administration says it is confident. but since some do contain higher amounts of arsenic, the fda say its is expanding surveillance. >> we think the fda should move swiftly to put guidance in place, followed by standards for arsenic in lead and juices. >> reporter: for now, consumer reports is recommending that parents avoid giving juice to babies under 6 months and says children under 6 years old, should drink no more than a few occupancies per day. -- ounces per day. >>> and a few months ago, talk show host dr. oz warned about high arsenic levels in juice, but the fda said his testing was flawed. >>> still to come on eyewitness news. thousands of workers take to the streets in britain. they're trying to bring the nation to a standstill. the message they're trying to get across. >>> watch your st

is spending on its nuclear arsenal that much much more coming up in a few moments don't go away. welcome to the lower show where we get the real headlines with none of the mercy me live in washington d.c. now tonight we take a look at figures that show us that we're spending more on our nuclear arsenal today than we did at the height of the cold war also take a look at new arms sales in the works as part of the effort here to the effort to surround iran and weinstein is going to join us for that one then yesterday there were two deaths at different occupy camps one suicide one violence shooting which had nothing to do with occupiers but police in oakland are already using the tragedy to signal they'll be kicking the protesters out so will the occupy movement be lost under the shadow of violence and a federal judge ruled yesterday that twitter will have to hand over personal account information on three people associated with wiki leaks so we can talk about what that means for waking leaks but even more importantly what it means for everyone's privacy on the web we'll have all tha

most of the arsenic it found was in organic. in september, they insisted apple juice is safe. >> that lot of juice has such a small amount of arsenic in it, it's no concern what so ever. >> reporter: the fda stands by that. now, they are conducting more tests to see if a level could be established. meanwhile, the juice products association says it's committed to following federal guidelines as it has for decades comparing apple juice to water is not appropriate. there's lower thresholds for drinking water because people consume larger amounts of water. what can you do as a parent? dilute apple juice with water for kids and try to limit it to no more than 12 ounces, if you have a child over the age of six, four to six ounces under the age of 6. wendy and jim, best plans -- back to you guys. >> thank you. that's an interesting report. >>> stay tuned to "nightly news" for tom's full report on this study. it comes on after news 4 at 6:00. >>> after "nightly news" you can watch the live lighting of the famed rockefeller center christ

i would not guess that any arsenic is in there. >> reporter: the government has rules approximate arsenic and lead in drinking water. but for now, those limits don't apply to fruit juices. >> reporter: the food and drug administration say it is not happy with the overall content. the fda says it's expanding surveillance activities to help determine if a guidance level can be established. >> we think the fda should move swiftly to put guidance in place for arsenic in lead and juices. >> reporter: for now, they recommend avoid giving juice to babies under 6 months old. and children under 6 years old should drink no more than a fau ounces per day. >> a few months ago, talk show host, dr. oz, warned about high levels of arsenic in juice. but the fda said his testing was flawed. >>> a dad goes to the grocery store and forgets his baby. he mistakenly left the baby in a shopping cart. people saw the baby alone in a shopping cart and called police. officers say the man realized the mistake after driving just a few blocks. no charges will be filed but the chase will be -- case will be turned over

oz, warned about high arsenic levels in june. but the fda said his testing was flawed. >>> a huge day for investors on wall street. stocks surged in the opening bell for a day-long rally. the dow gains 490 points. the s&p up 51. nasdaq adds 104. let's go to new york now for tonight's cbs money watch update. >>> stocks enjoy their biggest rally in months. on news the world's central banks are coming to the rescue of the financial system. the u.s. federal reserve and five other central banks are working together to make it cheaper for banks around the world to borrow u.s. dollars. banks need dollars to fund their daily operations. without them, we could have a credit clash, like the one we saw three years ago, following the collapse of lehman brothers. better than expected news on the job market also put investors in a buying mood. private employers added 206,000 jobs last month. that was better than expected. and a number of planned cuts fell. the reports point to some improvements in the job market. and hope to raise the governme

specifically inorganic arsenic, which raises the risk of cancer. and 25% of the juice samples had more lead than what's allowed in bottled water. consumers found it jarring. >> that is not a good thing. i would not be happy about that and i wouldn't purchase it any longer. >> crazy, i would never have guessed arsenic or anything would be in there. definitely don't want to be drinking that, obviously. >> the government has rules about arsenic and lead in drinking water, but for now, those limits do not apply to fruit juices. the food and drug administration says it is confident in the safety of apple juice, but they say that some samples contain a higher level of arsenic. the fda is expanding surveillance activities to help determine if a guidance level can be established. >> the fda should move swiftly to put guidance in place followed by standards for arsenic and lead in juices. >> the best advice for parents is to do what zoe does and limit how much juice your children drink. and again, just to reenforce, here's what you can do to reduce your exp

oz found findings about the arsenic.n independent lab found one third of the tested samples had arsenic levels higher than what the epa allowed. now consumer reports says its test do make a distinction saying the arsenic it found was a known carson jun. >> it has such a small of arsenic it would be no concern whatsoever. >> it now says it is conducting more tests to determine if a guidance level can be established that will reduce consumer's exposure to arsenic in apple juice. meanwhile the juice products association says it's committed to following guidelines as it has for decades, adding comparing arsenic and apple juice to water is not appropriate. regulatory agencies have set lower standards for drinking water. >> consumer reports does not suggest you stop serving juice to your kids. the american academy of pediatrics suggests you dilute the juice with water. >>> well, there could not be a fourth accuser in the sex abuse scandal surrounding bernie fine. a man claims fine molested him when he was a teenager. three men

for inorganic arsenic. for "good morning america," linsey davis, abc news. >>> we're going to bring in dr. richard besser now. abc news chief health editor. this is a big deal to a lot of people, rich. >> i think it should be. >> "consumer reports" found that 10% of the samples had levels of arsenic higher than allowed in drinking water. none of the samples had levels higher than what fda has as an internal level for checking apple juice. the big question is, is the fda level that they use the right level? or should it be lower? >> you're not pleased with the fda about this, are you? >> i'm not. i'm really, really back with them. back in september, when this issue came up, the fda made a number of statements that reassured me. and i'm much less reassured right now. they said there was an industry standard. it turns out there is not. they said the type of arsenic in apple juice was the safe kind. turns out, it is not. and to reassure the public, they published the results of their testing online so we could

football a group of young players away the last time green and visits to london to see the whole arsenal the emirates stadium. let's start with the europa league where in group a routine take on irish side shamrock rovers in the first game of the day while the second fixture of the group will see the top man hosting pollock or currently top of the standings are among publishing called was said to be in the starting line up for this game but his unexpected knee injury will keep him away from action meaning jermain defoe will be get up front remember the english men are just a points behind the greeks and are equal would have been but i'll keep my only third position on goal difference that means that harry redknapp smen should try to edge this clash in order to escape a stressful finish of the group stage in two weeks' time. so if you look at the group. you surely can see ruben you know to share a room. for anybody so you get maximum. meanwhile celtic outlets acoma drip prepared to go head to head in scotland this picture seems to be a must win for the home side celtic are currently third

the issue with arsenic is not the short-term problems. that is what the fda has been looking at but the larger issues of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and with many years of exposure. we take that into account, you have to revisit how much will we tolerate in our communities. >> right. >> if the goal is zero, can't get there and get close to it. >> dr. oz, given what you're saying now and the report that concurs with your findings and the other reports talked about, will you go back to the fda to ask for them to take another look into taking action on this? >> reporter: we have been talking to the fda and have some difficult times early on and they were upset we aired the show. i talked to them on the phone and had some followup dialogue. i met with the juice products soccer. on tomorrow's show, we're going to have the juice products association, the people making the juice on our show talking about this. there is some questions we have to ask, tough questions and i know it's uncomfortable. and i am confident we'll revisit the level of

have that pakistan, that the arsenal is secure? >> the u.s.onfidence that the people around the nuclear arsenal are among the best pakistan has to offer. they have a very professional service guarding the nukes. the problem is twofold. one, pakistan itself is not a stable place. and what the deep american worry is, is that the state, itself, will disintegrate. a second worry is that we have seen repeatedly that the pakistani military, pakistani intelligence services, are penetrated by people who are sympathetic or outright members of organizations like the taliban and so when you're for instance moving nuclear weapons from one place to another which is how the pakistanis hide them from among others the americans, when you're moving those, if you have someone inside who is going to tell you, you know, at so and so hour and so and so road there is a truck with fissile material that can be used for say a dirty bomb you have a real problem. that's what people worry about. >> you've learned information about how they are moving their nuclear arsena

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of course there are reasons you know countries supply nuclear arsenal to nuclear nuclear nuclear arsenals three years so they can be taken seriously within the context of being a player on international stage iran has been removed from that for a long time they want to happen so for than this this is kind of a hedging game and so it's not surprising that they would they would want this this type of problem even when publicly even though publicly even the president himself has gone to the president not so long ago and said himself it's not a human weapon would his words he said never never would we want a nuclear weapon if you think there is something going on this seems the most likely. well that's up to them to be able to so and i think there's two issues there i mean iran wants to be able to keep its sovereignty and wants a bill just so that it has some authority in the world so this constant pushing of you know you show us your so it's yours but it's not important who else so within the region are what else people have with them and i think that that's really an issue within the contex

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upcoming article in the "atlantic" magazine with some stunning revelations about pakistan's nuclear arsenal. we talked to the reporter, then a response. i'll ask former pakistani president musharraf about these charges, about more in pakistan, and also about america's impending drawdown in afghanistan. he's worried. >>> next up -- >> when they ask me who's the president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, i'm going to say i don't know, do you know? >> the least of herman cain's problems now but they are causing trouble. i'll explain. >>> then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. >>> first, here's my take. i've been thinking about occupy wall street which is now occupying a number of other cities in america. and wondering what is it really about. the protesters don't like bank bailouts, they feel the 99% have been hard done by it, and they're protesting what they see as inequality. but america has always had more inequality than many countries. i think the underlying sense of f

pentagon conducted a nuclear posture review last year which concluded that the massive a nuclear arsenal we inherited from the cold war era of bipolar military confrontation is poorly suited to address the challenges posed by suicidal terrorists and unfriendly regimes seeking nuclear weapons so even the pentagon here seems to agree that our massive nuclear stockpile isn't suited to the actual military threats that we face but looks like that isn't stopping us from shelling out the big bucks on it and weinstein of mother jones it's in digging it turns out of the u.s. military industrial complex and includes quite a of massive nuclear weapons a complex get this during the cold or cold war era when the us was relying on nukes our country spent about thirty five billion dollars a year on the program and despite the fact that many within the d.o.d.'s say the nukes aren't relevant anymore the us currently spends about fifty five billion dollars a year on these weapons and i think about because the nuclear weapons budget is spread between three departments defense energy and homeland security a

nuclear arsenal and where is the atomic energy agency there were they with israel's inspections israel has not even declared its nuclear arsenal yet so there's a bit of a double standard going on here and i don't think it's worth starting world war three over well and i think we need to look at that reiterating again you know rand has always said doesn't it then a it's just nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes i was granted interview with the president assad just couple of months ago he told me this channel that again looking in the face and said it's got no plans for any nuclear weapons none the less the u.s. and its allies as you say it was trying to prove that it's much more than that so that's the underlying reason for the timing of the tensions right now and you think because of what's happening in america and this nuclear plant they. well i mean i really think that maybe the u.s. state department or the diplomats have the memory of a goldfish they've just done a lap around the bowl in two thousand and nine russia offered to take exported enriched uranium from iran to t