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Berlum

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14. Brown rice is healthier

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Reply #10)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 05:52 AM

Sep 2012

But since it is absorbing a substance used as a toxic pesticide on cotton, brown rice is no longer being grown in a clean natural environment.

Industrial ag is poisoning millions upon millions of acres of land with all kinds of toxic substances and genetically modified plants.

It will take humanity many decades to cleanse these foul toxic substances -- such as arsenic -- that have been spread on the land where we grow the food that we eat.

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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