What You Should Know About Arsenic in Organic Rice

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Choosing Safe Rice

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Recently I wrote about a Dartmouth study which revealed that high levels of inorganic arsenic were present in organic brown rice syrup (“OBRS.”)

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The team focused its study on toddler formulas, energy performance products, and cereal bars. The current way of farming rice in soil which contains man-made, cancer causing arsenic is the problem. Now what?

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What Did the Rice Companies Say?

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As we look into the findings of the study released on 2/16/12, we will continue to investigate, evaluate and acknowledge the research while continuing to place the consumer’s health at the forefront of our concerns...

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They also indicated that in the past, they didn’t test their rice.

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SWIPE UP FOR MORE On Arsenic in organic rice

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