Arsenic Found in Rice Products
 

Arsenic Found in All Rice Products: Alarming levels of harmful arsenic
have been found in every rice product tested by the FDA in its ongoing
investigation, reports the Chicago Tribune.

There is currently no official upside to the amount of inorganic
arsenic, a known carcinogen, allowed in food.

But Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement: "First
and foremost, I want to warn parents that every rice cereal product we
tested contained arsenic. These results are shocking because rice
cereal is often a baby's first solid food. Parents and caregivers
should moderate the amount of rice products they feed their children,
while the FDA sets standards to limit this known carcinogen in our
food." via Chicago Tribune

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Arsenic Found in Rice Products
 

Metspitzer > wrote:

>Arsenic Found in All Rice Products: Alarming levels of harmful arsenic
>have been found in every rice product tested by the FDA in its ongoing
>investigation, reports the Chicago Tribune.
>
>There is currently no official upside to the amount of inorganic
>arsenic, a known carcinogen, allowed in food.
>
>But Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement: "First
>and foremost, I want to warn parents that every rice cereal product we
>tested contained arsenic. These results are shocking because rice
>cereal is often a baby's first solid food. Parents and caregivers
>should moderate the amount of rice products they feed their children,
>while the FDA sets standards to limit this known carcinogen in our
>food." via Chicago Tribune
>
>http://news.discovery.com/human/arse...mkcpgn=rssnws1

When this came up a few months ago I was thinking that it was those
pesky Chinese again--- but I read that most of the arsenic is USA
grown rice on old tobacco fields- where arsenic was used and remains
in the soil. rice is a very efficient 'cleaner'- so at some point
those fields won't be giving us arsenic -laced rice.

So if we live long enough, we're all set. [or maybe we should only
let old people eat domestic rice for a while. . ]

Jim