Potentially harmful levels of arsenic in rice. What's wrong with this picture?

Check out this article and study by Consumer Reports.

Arsenic in Your Food

There's a chart at the bottom of the article that shows arsenic levels in some commonly purchased rice products.


Here's a link to the Consumers Union Advocacy - https://secure.consumersunion.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2689

Send a communication to your legislators requesting that:


* The Food and Drug Administration set limits on the amount of arsenic in rice and certain fruit juices -- both products that are found to contain relatively higher levels of arsenic. The EPA sets limits on arsenic in our drinking water, and FDA does for bottled water.  It's time for the FDA to set similar standards for rice, rice products and certain fruit juices.

* The FDA should also ban the feeding of arsenic-containing drugs as well as animal byproducts such as chicken waste to our food animals in order to help reduce the amount of arsenic in fertilizer.

* The USDA and the EPA should end the use of arsenic-laden manure as fertilizer.

* The EPA should phase out the use of pesticides containing arsenic.