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Wild Rice Arsenic

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I was hoping that wild rice would have little or no arsenic because its a totally different plant but an average of eight samples showed it to be nearly comparable to white though the wild rice samples contained only half as much toxic arsenic as brown rice. It possesses such an intense nutty flavor that is often mixed with milder tasting grains. Efa G2 Grajscm Putting things into proportion the FDA estimates that exposure to arsenic in rice and rice products causes about four cases of lung and bladder cancer over the lifetime for every 100000 Americans. Wild rice arsenic . The level of arsenic in wild rice cultivated in the traditional manner is totally dependent on the purity of the body of water where it grows. Rice isnt a terrible food but its important to avoid questionable GMO rice rejected by China and contaminating US. But I didnt explain exactly how to. Organically-farmed rice may contain fewer pesticides but all rice soaks up arsenic from the soil. Arsenic can ho...