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Have been eating (daily) a cereal with organic rice as second ingredient and i'm pregnant. worried about arsenic - should i be?
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See below: The recommendation is to vary your diet. I would be concerned if all you eat is rice. Otherwise, i would not worry.
Answered 11/28/2017
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