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- news@beehaw.org
- news@lemmy.world
Warmer temperatures and increased carbon dioxide will boost arsenic levels in rice.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250417184417/https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/climate-change-will-make-rice-toxic-say-researchers/
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Finding those in Japan is another matter. Corn is available (I’m growing it this year as well) and I do ocassionally get corn tortillas but those are basically a luxury item. I even looked into possibly growing sorghum. I use tapioca starch in some recipes for texture and flexibility, but it’s expensive. I do eat oats as well, but those are getting expensive and they mainly sit in my mind as something to be eaten on their own not as part of a meal.
For corn and oats, I can’t think of those as the main carb in a meal; it just doesn’t work for me (except, as mentioned, when oatmeal itself is the meal).