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aboynamedbluetoo OP t1_jdmc7o5 wrote

Reply to comment by MostBotsAreBad in Heavy metal concentrations in rice that meet safety standards can still pose a risk to human health by aboynamedbluetoo

Environmental contamination is tough to avoid, but it should be avoided to the greatest extent possible.

The study I linked was done in China. Their environmental regulations and practices haven’t been great during their economic rise over the last fifty or so years. Much like ours weren’t when we rapidly industrialized. Same as it ever was.

And of course part of the reason for the offshoring of certain things to places like China over the last thirty plus years was a conscious effort by some to export externalities and avoid tighter, more costly regulations in more advanced economies. Out of sight, out of mind.

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Person012345 t1_jdnsbol wrote

I believe India and Pakistan are the best places to get rice if you want to avoid these things. Rice from China, the US (maybe not california?) and Bangladesh is the worst.

This is just what I've heard.

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paradigmfellow t1_jdowar2 wrote

Basmati brown rice from India and California has the least amount of arsenic. Also, you should do the boiling method to get rid a lot of it when preparing it.

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aboynamedbluetoo OP t1_jdp4zfu wrote

Based on the little I know I don’t think China exports much of their domestically produced rice. I’m sure they export some, but they a net importer of rice.

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