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FYI:

"A report released by the American Chemical Society reveals that rice imported into the United States from China and other countries contains very high levels of lead.

Imported rice was reportedly sampled from "Bhutan, Italy, China, Taiwan, India, Israel, the Czech Republic and Thailand,"

The FDA has established a "provisional total tolerable intake" (PTTI) level for lead, but some of the rice samples tested for this research exceeded the PTTI by 12,000%."

There are plenty of options for purchasing rice grown in the USA . Rice is grown in 7 states, including Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.

Rice has not yet been commercially turned over to Monsanto and GMOs, so purchasing rice grown in the USA means you are avoiding GMOs while likely reducing exposure to potentially harmful levels of heavy metals.

" China remains the world's most polluted agricultural hub, and a wide array of metals are routinely found in samples from China, including cadmium, lead, arsenic and sometimes mercury.

China refuses to enforce environmental regulations in its country, and in some cases the river water used for irrigating crops for export contains industrial waste in the form of heavy metals, solvents and dangerous organic compounds.

This has led to the rise of so-called cancer villages across China where cancer rates are skyrocketing due to chronic exposure to toxic chemicals."

US Rice Imports Contain High Levels of Lead

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57579062/imported-rice-may-contain-dangerously-high-lead-levels/