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Rice contains 'worrisome' arsenic levels, says Consumer Reports - latimes.com
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Here is the Consumer Reports chart of the various types and brands of rice they tested, and the amounts of arsenic they found in each: Arsenic in Your Food | Consumer Reports Investigation
Here is the chart of an earlier test in which they found arsenic in apple and grape juice: http://news.consumerreports.org/Consumer Reports Arsenic Test Results January 2012.pdf
Eat, drink, and be merry!
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The new findings from a Consumer Reports investigation show “significant” and “worrisome” amounts of inorganic arsenic in nearly every rice product tested. The watchdog group urged consumers to scale back ingestion of rice products and asked the Food and Drug Administration to set limits.
Some infant rice cereals had five times the inorganic arsenic found in alternatives such as oatmeal, according to the group. White rice grown in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas – the source of more than three quarters of domestic rice – had higher levels of arsenic than other samples.
But the average arsenic levels in brown rice were always higher than for the white variety. The element concentrates in the outer layers of the grain, which are polished off to produce white rice.
Eating just over half a cup of cooked rice a day resulted in a jump in urinary arsenic levels
Hmmm...
Here is the Consumer Reports chart of the various types and brands of rice they tested, and the amounts of arsenic they found in each: Arsenic in Your Food | Consumer Reports Investigation
Here is the chart of an earlier test in which they found arsenic in apple and grape juice: http://news.consumerreports.org/Consumer Reports Arsenic Test Results January 2012.pdf
Eat, drink, and be merry!
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