Warning — Wine Containing Poisonous Arsenic

Well, this isn't the news I wanted to hear on a Friday! Your favorite wines may be loaded with a dangerously high level of poisonous arsenic.

A lawsuit was filed in California stating, "dozens of wineries are knowingly producing, marketing and selling arsenic contaminated wine and failing to warn consumers about the potential danger." Some of the popular, inexpensive wine brands named in the lawsuit include Franzia, Menage a Trois (noooooooooo - one of my faves), Sutter Home, Cupcake, and Beringer.

The 28 California wineries accused in the lawsuit “produce and market wines that contain dangerously high levels of inorganic arsenic, in some cases up to 500 percent or more than what is considered the maximum acceptable safe daily intake limit." High levels of inorganic arsenic are known to cause several types of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring wineries to address the arsenic levels in their products.