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Rice contains arsenic??? I just found out a few days ago my favourite vege, bamboo shoot, contains cyanide... and is sold pre boiled to remove it...

sjg007 8y ago
Broccoli contains cyanide too. The rice arsenic thing is a bigger deal though. Some enterprising entrepreneur needs to come out with a percolating rice maker.
- philliphaydon 8y ago
  It’s clearly a sign. Vegetables are tying to kill us. :( apparently bamboo is deadly to humans and only pandas and lemurs (spelling) can eat it raw. It must be boiled for a period of time for human consumption.
  - 01100011 8y ago
    > Vegetables are tying to kill us. I seem to remember a Bruce Sterling book(Islands in the Net?) where one of the characters avoided vegetables for this reason.
  - jayalpha 8y ago
    "Vegetables are tying to kill us." Of cause they try to. It is normal evolutionary behavior of plants. And co-evolution of humans to being able to tolerate this toxins.
    - sjg007 8y ago
      Also see various methods of cooking.
    - gpm 8y ago
      We kinda fucked that up now though. The most successful plants are now that ones we like to eat instead of the ones we don't like to eat.
      - jayalpha 8y ago
        This is another evolutionary strategy. In fact, milk and wheat may have compounds, that are addictive.
DanBC 8y ago
Yes, and they were all bought in UK shops or online from UK shops. > Market rice was purchased from major UK retailers in the city of Belfast, or purchased online through UK retailers, i.e. all products tested were widely available to the UK populace. Of the 41 samples tested in this study 2 were generically labeled as being from the EU, 11 from Spain, 6 from Italy, 5 from Thailand, 5 from France, 2 from Egypt, 1 from Japan, 1 from Australia, 1 from Lebanon, 1 from Pakistan, 1 from Turkey and 5 from the USA; with 13 being unpolished (wholegrain) and the rest polished. Descriptions of samples are given in S1 Table.
thaumasiotes 8y ago
Cyanide isn't a real concern; the body flushes it quickly. Arsenic can build up.

sjg007 8y ago

Broccoli contains cyanide too. The rice arsenic thing is a bigger deal though. Some enterprising entrepreneur needs to come out with a percolating rice maker.

philliphaydon 8y ago
It’s clearly a sign. Vegetables are tying to kill us. :( apparently bamboo is deadly to humans and only pandas and lemurs (spelling) can eat it raw. It must be boiled for a period of time for human consumption.
- 01100011 8y ago
  > Vegetables are tying to kill us. I seem to remember a Bruce Sterling book(Islands in the Net?) where one of the characters avoided vegetables for this reason.
- jayalpha 8y ago
  "Vegetables are tying to kill us." Of cause they try to. It is normal evolutionary behavior of plants. And co-evolution of humans to being able to tolerate this toxins.
  - sjg007 8y ago
    Also see various methods of cooking.
  - gpm 8y ago
    We kinda fucked that up now though. The most successful plants are now that ones we like to eat instead of the ones we don't like to eat.
    - jayalpha 8y ago
      This is another evolutionary strategy. In fact, milk and wheat may have compounds, that are addictive.

DanBC 8y ago

Yes, and they were all bought in UK shops or online from UK shops. > Market rice was purchased from major UK retailers in the city of Belfast, or purchased online through UK retailers, i.e. all products tested were widely available to the UK populace. Of the 41 samples tested in this study 2 were generically labeled as being from the EU, 11 from Spain, 6 from Italy, 5 from Thailand, 5 from France, 2 from Egypt, 1 from Japan, 1 from Australia, 1 from Lebanon, 1 from Pakistan, 1 from Turkey and 5 from the USA; with 13 being unpolished (wholegrain) and the rest polished. Descriptions of samples are given in S1 Table.

thaumasiotes 8y ago

Cyanide isn't a real concern; the body flushes it quickly. Arsenic can build up.