The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety has called on the government to lower cadmium levels in food due to alarming increases in the past decade. Cadmium levels are two to three times higher in France compared to other EU nations, with nearly 47% of people having dangerous quantities in their bodies.

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety has released alarming call to the government to lower the levels of cadmium found in food. Compared to other EU nations, cadmium levels in France are two to three times higher. Not only that, but level shave nearly doubled in the past decade, with over 47% of people having dangerous quantities of cadmium in their bodies.