CHICAGO – Study findings in the Journal of American Medical Association have shed new light on the link between arsenic and Type 2 diabetes.  The study is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes.

The study was based on medical tests of 788 adults’ and revealed a fourfold increase in risk of diabetes in people with low levels of arsenic.  As seafood is a source for high concentration of organic arsenic, researchers adjusted findings of seafood arsenic and still found that those who had Type 2 diabetes had 26% higher arsenic levels than those who did not have the disease.