Some samples exceeded the "provisional total tolerable intake" (PTTI) set by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a factor of 120.
The report at the American Chemical Society Meeting adds to the already well-known issue of arsenic in rice.
The FDA told the BBC it would review the research.
Lead is known to be harmful to many organs and the central nervous system.
It is a particular risk for young children, who suffer significant developmental problems if exposed to elevated lead levels.
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5 comments:
don't buy imported anything. try to get organic if at all possible.
and if you do buy organic but directly from the farm. Do not trust grocery store organics. When big food such as Dole started to see the niche market organics created they went to the feds and had them bastardize the meaning of organic. Of course the dems who have their heads stuck up big businesses butts did just that and lowered the standards on what is considered organic.
What do Chinese restaurants use? I know most of their stuff comes from the box trucks from northern NJ with graffitti all over them. Does the food get imported to NJ from China? Probably. Scary....
2:45 I think they buy some of their rice in grocery stores because years ago when there was some kind of shortage or something and rice purchases were limited I asked about it in the grocery store because I couldn't imagine who would be buying more than one package of rice at a time. They said the Chinese restaurants buy up the large bags. I have since seen an Asian man in Save a Lot buying a cart full of large bags of rice.
Thank you 5:29, easy to get paranoid these dyas
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