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Ate granola bars w/ brown rice syrup daily (sometimes 2/day) including when pregnant. worried about arsenic (also ate cereal with rice daily).?
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Likely not an issue: The reports linking rice consumption to arsenic has scared many folks, but the data is not completely clear. For the most part i would not worry especially for an adult, unless rice intake was much, much greater than described. To lessen exposure:rinse rice thoroughly before cooking, be sure water supply levels are low, cook/drain like pasta(^ parts to 1 water to rice), or use basmati or jasmine rice.
Answered 12/20/2012
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