Phytoremediation is an area of active study for cleaning toxic soils.
Phytoremediation is an area of active study for cleaning toxic soils.
Apparently washing the rice does remove quite a bit.
btw, afaik, naturally, brown rice has more has alot, basmati rice seems to have the least
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/arsenicandyou/arsenic-in-rice-an...
Incidentally there are also some studies challenging the heavy metals in broadleaf plants link. The newer studies suggest surface contamination is a much bigger factor. That's also another 'pro' in the column for cleaning your vegetables with white vinegar instead of soap. Acids are pretty good at dissolving metal dust, especially from residual contamination near roads from leaded gas. My yard tested high.
> The study I saw implied that most of the metals were on the surface as dust, so you could rinse about 60% off.
> The newer studies suggest surface contamination is a much bigger factor.
interesting!then maybe i dont need to overdo it with rice, sounds good.
> That's also another 'pro' in the column for cleaning your vegetables with white vinegar instead of soap.
sounds good, sometimes i skip the rinsing and washing but that is good motivation to keep it up, thanks!