date:Oct 11, 2012
tially released as the more harmful inorganic arsenic.
Once arsenic is in the environment, it's tough to eliminate. Rice grown in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, for example, where arsenical pesticides were once heavily used on cotton, contains higher concentrations of the chemical element than rice grown elsewhere.
You think organic brown rice is so healthy, said Chaplin, the New York mom. But even if it's organically grown, the soil is still contaminated. Chaplin said she continues to eat the