Care2 always has alerts as one of the services they offer when new food problems deserve your attention. With that in mind I offer you several links to their latest.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/friday-freak-out-chicken-and-rice-and-arsenic.html#ixzz1rMAjpIQL
Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/friday-freak-out-chicken-and-rice-and-arsenic.html#ixzz1rMAyFABR
The EPA has set a strict standard for arsenic levels in drinking water, but oddly no arsenic standard exists for food. This is not usually all that much of an issue, as elevated levels of arsenic have not been all that apparent in edible items…at least until now.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/friday-freak-out-chicken-and-rice-and-arsenic.html#ixzz1rMAjpIQL
While many vegetarians are likely feeling morally superior and relatively secure with the aforementioned news, I have some not so great news for you. Seems that rice, brown, white, basmati, what have you, is also rich in arsenic as well. Because arsenic is naturally occurring in soil and water, thirsty rice plants just soak up the arsenic, more so than other plants.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/friday-freak-out-chicken-and-rice-and-arsenic.html#ixzz1rMAyFABR
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