Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:13 am
This is a link to the FDA site where they show results for 200 samples of rice: http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodContaminantsAdulteration/Metals/ucm319924.htm
It has some good info, but they only identify the samples by an ID number and not by brand, and there is really only data for the U.S. and India.
I took this data and stuck it in an Excel spreadsheet with an interesting result.
The average inorganic arsenic for all samples from India is 3.26 ppb, and for the U.S. is 6.22 ppb.
The highest sample from India is 6.5, and the highest 25 with country identified are all from the U.S.
The lowest sample is 1.2 ppb for a white basmati from the U.S., but after that the next 11 lowest are from India.
The samples of whites are much lower than that of brown, the lowest brown rice sample is 3 ppb for an organic brown from the U.S.
It has some good info, but they only identify the samples by an ID number and not by brand, and there is really only data for the U.S. and India.
I took this data and stuck it in an Excel spreadsheet with an interesting result.
The average inorganic arsenic for all samples from India is 3.26 ppb, and for the U.S. is 6.22 ppb.
The highest sample from India is 6.5, and the highest 25 with country identified are all from the U.S.
The lowest sample is 1.2 ppb for a white basmati from the U.S., but after that the next 11 lowest are from India.
The samples of whites are much lower than that of brown, the lowest brown rice sample is 3 ppb for an organic brown from the U.S.