FDA tests find very low levels of arsenic in rice
The FDA investigated the matter a year later and
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["A]ll of the data suggest levels that are not high enough to give us cause for concern for immediate or near-term effects," said FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
The arsenic accumulates in the hull, the outer portion of the rice, "so the more highly you refine and polish rice, the more arsenic is reduced," said Donald Zink, an FDA senior science adviser.
The brown rice had 160 parts per billion inorganic arsenic per serving
The Environmental Protection Agency has set arsenic limits for drinking water at 10 parts per billion, by comparison.
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Quotes taken out of the article's text order for clarity -- I was ready to toss out the rice I keep here until I found this is old news.
It's like the findings that some sodium gets into drinking water that is made with a water softener that uses a saline brine (water softener salt) but the sodium level is very low from saline ion exchange.