InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agoDangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium found in samples of store-bought rice from more than 100 different brands purchased in the US.archive.phexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down12
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkDangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium found in samples of store-bought rice from more than 100 different brands purchased in the US.archive.phInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 days agoWashing rice does not actually significantly remove contaminants
minus-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 days agoIt mostly removes extra starch, so you should still do it lol
minus-squarehellinkilla [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoI didn’t think it would stand up to scrutiny but I only find confirmatory information upon cursory research. I am not in a position to evaluate the research. Maybe someone else could comment. example: Effects of washing, soaking and domestic cooking on cadmium, arsenic and lead bioaccessibilities in rice - PubMed Washing and cooking of rice lowered the health risk by reducing Cd, As and Pb concentrations and bioaccessibilities respectively. everything found was along the same lines
Washing rice does not actually significantly remove contaminants
It mostly removes extra starch, so you should still do it lol
I didn’t think it would stand up to scrutiny but I only find confirmatory information upon cursory research. I am not in a position to evaluate the research. Maybe someone else could comment.
example:
Effects of washing, soaking and domestic cooking on cadmium, arsenic and lead bioaccessibilities in rice - PubMed
everything found was along the same lines