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dreamnightwind

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13. it's ok, the USDA has a great industry-friendly fix for this:

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 05:46 AM

Sep 2012

from the article referenced by the OP:

But as Nature reported in 2005, US rice carries "1.4 to 5 times more arsenic than rice from Europe, India and Bangladesh."

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"Rather than encourage farmers to abandon the project of growing a food crop in arsenic-rich soil, CR adds, USDA "invested in research to breed types of rice that can withstand arsenic." Of course, breeding rice varieties that could survive in arsenic-rich soil also meant breeding rice that could take up plenty of arsenic."

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Arsenic in Brown Rice: Asians and Hispanic Affected More Than Average American [View all] AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 OP

I wasn't aware it was ONLY BROWN rice that has the arsenic. Is that true? 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #1

Brown rice is the worst of it, because it's in the shells. Zalatix Sep 2012 #4

Check out MoJo article I just found on the "arsenic in the rice" issue 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #6

I was wondering about this earlier. Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #12

What about basmati? That's my favorite. nt Confusious Sep 2012 #2

Turns out it isn't so much the KIND of rice, but WHERE it was grown 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #9

I Read "Arsenic In Brown Rice" And All I Could Think About Is "Arsenic In Old Lace".....nt global1 Sep 2012 #3

You're not the only one... TheMightyFavog Sep 2012 #16

And people with celiac disease, who can't eat wheat. marybourg Sep 2012 #5

But East Asians (Japanese, Koreans, some Chinese) Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #7

One of my friends was always trying to get me to eat Brown rice and off white AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #10

Brown rice is healthier Berlum Sep 2012 #14

Here's a family in Japan who grow organic rice Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #17

Ok but our whole state eats rice every day and we've mahina Sep 2012 #8

Damn! DeSwiss Sep 2012 #11

it's ok, the USDA has a great industry-friendly fix for this: dreamnightwind Sep 2012 #13

Better eat organic rice. diane in sf Sep 2012 #15

I agree, but in this case it appears to be effected dreamnightwind Sep 2012 #18