Rice in your dinner or your baby's food has arsenic in it. What is being done about it. Rice absorbs arsenic more readily than other crops. Even though it's natural & minimal, there are ways to cook the the toxin out. Author: Tanya Rivera Updated: 5:21 PM EDT April 16, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — A recent report on toxic metals and baby food has a lot of people talking about arsenic in our food. You might be wondering why does the FDA allows any toxic elements in our food sources at all, but toxic elements like arsenic occur naturally. Like many other elements, it enters the food supply through the soil, water, or air while growing.