date:Sep 09, 2013
g the samples it tested, saying that while the total number of samples was large enough to accurately measure average levels of arsenic, it was not large enough to evaluate specific brands.
Some companies source their rice from different locations, which may result in samples from the same brand having different levels of arsenic over time, the agency said.
Margaret Karagas, a professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire, is co-author of a study on arsenic