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High Levels of Lead Detected in Imported Rice
Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:56
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The biotech industry is pushing the envelope further on the need for genetically modified rice by highlighting recent evidence that rice imported from certain countries contains high levels of lead that could pose health risks, particularly for infants and children, who are especially sensitive to lead’s effects. Continued At Source link below.
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2013-04-11 02:50:56
Source: http://www.preventdisease.com/cgi-bin/cornews11/viewnews.cgi?id=EFyVyZlFkuKYuOmWpF
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Is this an article trying to scare the public into GM rice? Below is an article discussing high arsenic levels in rice grown in the USA. Jasmine rice from Thailand had low levels of arsenic. I would like to see further evidence of high levels of lead in their rice. Beware of the corporate owned news media.
https://s3-us4.ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/highlight.pl?c=hf&rid=LELNQPQRQRKR&l=english&cat=web&sp=1a9108949e0161e64375ee60cf1e92bf&ts=MTM2NTY3Njc2NA%3D%3D&q=lead+levels+in+rice+from+thailand&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1892142%2F&/file.gz