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Environment & Energy

Nihil

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2. "some rice farmers refuse to eat what they grow"

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 07:47 AM

Jan 2015

> In parts of the country, soil pollution is so bad that some rice farmers refuse to eat what they grow.

How then can it be legal to export - as food FFS - something that is so toxic that even the farmer
will not consume it?

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Even At 10X Price, Japanese Rice Increasingly Popular In China; Less Cadmium And Lead And Such [View all] hatrack Jan 2015 OP

Yes, the seeds are not the problem here, I think. djean111 Jan 2015 #1

"some rice farmers refuse to eat what they grow" Nihil Jan 2015 #2

It's OK - they'll just feed it to animals! hatrack Jan 2015 #3

And the Japanese rice doubles as a night light! OKIsItJustMe Jan 2015 #4

Looks like you misread that article FBaggins Jan 2015 #5

No, I didn’t misread it OKIsItJustMe Jan 2015 #6

I thought "misread" gave you the benefit of the doubt FBaggins Jan 2015 #7

I was making a joke (i.e. the rice does not glow in the dark) OKIsItJustMe Jan 2015 #8