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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, american rice is saturated with arsenic. No amount of rinsing is ever going to remove the result of decades of heavy metal and arsenic saturation in US rice fields. This means ALL rice products, INCLUDING ORGANIC:
CONSUMER REPORTS-
[img]http://static1.consumerreportscdn.org/content/dam/cro/magazine-articles/2012/November/CR112K12-Arsenic-Opener.jpg[/img]

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/11/arsenic-in-your-food/index.htm

[b]"Organic rice baby cereal, rice breakfast cereals, brown rice, white rice—new tests by Consumer Reports have found that those and other types of rice products on grocery shelves contain arsenic, many at worrisome levels.

Arsenic not only is a potent human carcinogen but also can set up children for other health problems in later life.

Following our January investigation, "Arsenic in Your Juice," which found arsenic in apple and grape juices, we recently tested more than 200 samples of a host of rice products. They included iconic labels and store brands, organic products and conventional ones; some were aimed at the booming gluten-free market."[/b][/quote]

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