MostBotsAreBad t1_jdmba3c wrote
There's arsenic in a lot of rice grown in the U.S., too, and possibly in other crops, especially those grown in former cotton fields, as arsenic products were used on cotton for pest control.
Reports of testing pop up periodically, but mostly the problem seems to generally be ignored. Even if you don't eat rice, this kind of legacy environmental contamination is going to be an ongoing issue, and it's worth keeping an eye on, maybe worth learning the symptoms of chronic low-level metal poisoning.
aboynamedbluetoo OP t1_jdmc7o5 wrote
Environmental contamination is tough to avoid, but it should be avoided to the greatest extent possible.
The study I linked was done in China. Their environmental regulations and practices haven’t been great during their economic rise over the last fifty or so years. Much like ours weren’t when we rapidly industrialized. Same as it ever was.
And of course part of the reason for the offshoring of certain things to places like China over the last thirty plus years was a conscious effort by some to export externalities and avoid tighter, more costly regulations in more advanced economies. Out of sight, out of mind.
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Person012345 t1_jdnsbol wrote
I believe India and Pakistan are the best places to get rice if you want to avoid these things. Rice from China, the US (maybe not california?) and Bangladesh is the worst.
This is just what I've heard.
paradigmfellow t1_jdowar2 wrote
Basmati brown rice from India and California has the least amount of arsenic. Also, you should do the boiling method to get rid a lot of it when preparing it.
aboynamedbluetoo OP t1_jdp4zfu wrote
Based on the little I know I don’t think China exports much of their domestically produced rice. I’m sure they export some, but they a net importer of rice.
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