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Don’t buy rice from Texas or Mississippi. The Consumer Reports analysis other people are linking showed the former big cotton states had contaminated many of th
by stevenwoo 3y ago
Don’t buy rice from Texas or Mississippi. The Consumer Reports analysis other people are linking showed the former big cotton states had contaminated many of their rice fields with arsenic from cotton growing.
- refurb 3y agoNaturally occurring arsenic in groundwater is the major source. Lots of parts of the US have pretty high concentrations. https://publicintegrity.org/environment/arsenic-levels-in-groundwater-across-the-u-s/ https://publicintegrity.org/environment/arsenic-levels-in-gr...
- selimthegrim 3y agoArkansas is the big worry here, although Louisiana has some specialty brands (Jazzmen)