>Meh, it's hard to undo heavy metal poisoning. You can lift the embargo against the rice with no permanent harm done. I think I made the logical choice at the

>Meh, it's hard to undo heavy metal poisoning. You can lift the embargo against the rice with no permanent harm done. I think I made the logical choice at the time, based on the info available, by stopping rice. For my wife, the inconvenience of replacing our primary form of starch outweighed the long-term risks of brain damage to the children (most people do seem to be short-term thinkers), and it was a hard sell. I am now regarded as The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Even if, say, arsenic was found to be a problem in rice, it will be difficult convincing anyone else. The harm done is the loss of credibility.