A Consumer Report Study has Found Arsenic in Rice. Will You Lessen Your Intake of Rice?

Don't eat much anyway but I do like it.

I don't live in fear.

Depends on where the rice is grown. This poll should have some additional facts, don't you think?!

but i will never buy meat in america due to pink slime. its desgusting how they could put the stuff in our own meat

I thoroughly clean the rice with water and let it dry thoroughly before cooking it .

Who is putting the arsenic in rice?
And which is worse in rice, arsenic or radioactive particles?

right..take your pick..of the posion..that is slowly killing us.

I care more about the possibility of fluoride in our tap water.

It's a common trace element in many foods and the level in rice nothing to be concerned with. Whatever you eat instead will have a similar content of something or other.

This is just more hysteria.

44% of what? An already infinitesimally low level?

Arsenic occurs naturally in a great many more potential sources than rice. Check your community's last water testing results.

I don't eat rice, I don't like it.

I do not want arsenic poisoning!

then don't breath the AIR !

No arsenic in this fresh mountain air. Maybe you need to move.

YEA..OK..chemtrails everywhere..they have arsenic in them..besides a dozen other things..just look at lab reports done by people ..it was in the air..water and soil that they had tested

Oh god, you're a tin foil hat dude....

do you believe someone can be convicted of a crime..with forensic evidence.. ? be careful how you answer it..so you don't sound like a hypocrite or just very uninformed..AGAIN !

I'm Cuban and rice is essential in Cubans' diet. No way for me to stop eating rice. lmao

Im not Cuban but born and raised in Miami & yes I must have my black beans and rice. lol

What about adding ..
"OTHER THOUGHTS" ..
(had to pick one .. just to answer .. and this choice is not necessarily true .. )



Seriously ..
one needs to clearly observe and look at the SOURCE of the rice ..
there's specific locales/regions .. where the land is so poisoned ..
that ANY products raised on those lands should be seen as 'suspect'
(in a bad way .. arsenic is only one example of the poisons that are leeched from the soil and absorbed by the flora and the fauna raised in that area) ..


BE CAREFUL with your purchases ..
know where it is sourced from
know that area's history ..

With good judgement .. you can find a safe source of foodstocks ..
just have to be willing to ask the questions BEFORE you make the purchase ..

Real truth in labeling would certainly help our searching!

THAT is why I ask the questions ..
and obtain from sources I Trust ..
(and do most of my supplemental needs via the Farm Markets (including the Amish Markets) ..

I think so.

Don't eat it now! Looks like maggots and and it's bland.

Especially if is from China, they poison their own baby formula!

But doesn't it suprise you at at all??

Depends. If its natural, probably not. If its the result of pesticides and other contaminates sprayed on the fields and plants, then I had better find out the brands and cut back on my consumption.

I just need some old lace and my life will be complete.

There is arsenic in apples, and things made with apples like juice and sauce. I haven't stopped eating any of those either.

Your poll information is inaccurate. Rice grown in regions where cotton was sprayed with arsenic-laced pesticides 100 years ago is found to contain inordinately high levels of arsenic. Rice grown in other places was not a consideration in the research study you are failing to fully disclose. Rice grown in California and in Asia is not a problem.

Thanks for the information, but I have to strongly disagree that Asian rice is safe to eat. In many parts of Asia, especially in Bangladesh, the ground water and well water passes through arsenic-rich geological formations, which naturally contaminates the water supply. In Thailand and China, mining in arsenic-rich soils drastically increases the water contamination.

On top of that, many traditional Asian "medicines" and aphrodisiacs contain arsenic (along with lead and mercury). Some Asian countries also use arsenic in the animal feed and meat industry as a cheap substitute for antibiotics, and the highly contaminated rice hulls are used as animal food. And to make sure that all this arsenic is spread throughout the entire food chain, both animal and human feces are used as fertilizer.

PS: China is the only country that regulates the maximum amount of arsenic in rice. China is also the 3rd largest rice exporter in the world. I wonder what happens to the Chinese rice that is too contaminated for the domestic market?

The topic is specific to a recent "consumer report study", which I am familiar with. The fact remains, ABC News is still engaging in sensationalism with this poll by not posting a link to the information they are referencing.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-5...

(Thank you to the original poster of the CBS News article.)

CBS is full of it too...it's all a distraction from real news.

I am tired of hearing of new things that will kill me.

So hows the weather there under the sand where you have shoved your head?

IS Ignorance REALLY BLISS?

Next thing you know, oat bran will cause cancer.

I am Asian, love rice and have been eating rice and rice products since I was a baby. This is much to do about nothing as organic arsenic exists in a lot of food we are eating and inorganic arsenic is all around in our living environment. Remember the brouhaha on apple juice? The key to healthy living is to start with a strong immune system and to have healthy habits like eat everything but in moderate portions.