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14. I do a lot of soil sampling, there is arsenic EVERYWHERE!

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 05:03 PM

Sep 2012

Much like DDT, they used it a long time ago, it is not going anywhere, there is no way to really clean it up. I don't worry about it.

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Arsenic in rice--today's LA Times. [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 OP

I heard this on NPR recently. frazzled Sep 2012 #1

We don't eat a lot of it either, but still... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #2

It seems only U.S.-grown rice is a problem jsr Sep 2012 #3

It's a problem in specific states: Arkansas, Louisiana, MO, TX, frazzled Sep 2012 #5

Actually China doesn't export a lot of rice jsr Sep 2012 #6

This is awful! I love rice ecstatic Sep 2012 #8

It is hard to know how to find good, trustworthy information. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #11

Thanks, Peggy. Zorra Sep 2012 #12

You're very welcome, my dear Zorra... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #13

I do a lot of soil sampling, there is arsenic EVERYWHERE! Drahthaardogs Sep 2012 #14