Thai Scientist Assures Quality And Safety Of Thai Rice

[cloudhopper]

From my reading:

It appears that the arsenic comes from the groundwater, either naturally occurring or from chemical residue, and Southern Thailand appears to have the highest levels of groundwater arsenic.

It appears that arsenic concentrates in the germ, so brown rice will have a significantly higher level.

It appears that arsenic is appearing in meat from chicken fed with contaminated rice.

[belg]

arsenic in rice and no problem, wow

importing also tonnes and tonnes from vietnam and cambodia in order to cheat the governement to get 15000 baht per tonne on uncontroller imported rice, wow

people will not die fast, they die slowly, so 1001 excuses it is not from the poison rice, wow

[Thai at Heart]

From my reading:

It appears that the arsenic comes from the groundwater, either naturally occurring or from chemical residue, and Southern Thailand appears to have the highest levels of groundwater arsenic.

It appears that arsenic concentrates in the germ, so brown rice will have a significantly higher level.

It appears that arsenic is appearing in meat from chicken fed with contaminated rice.

The scary thing, is no doubt this co called academic knows where the problems are, what causes the problems, and the regional levels of contamination. But, all we get is a blanket, it's safe because to admit anything would mean basically decimating one or other regions agriculture business.

[harrry]

It appears I am correct when I look at these figures that eating brown rice is definitely more unhealthy than eating white.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The difference in arsenic levels between brown rice and white rice, as described in the Consumer Reports article, is pretty interesting.

It's long been reported that brown rice is considerably more healthful overall than white rice, particularly because it's slower to digest and doesn't raise blood sugar levels as much. Thai Jasmine white rice is at or near the top of rice varieties in terms of consumption elevating blood sugar levels.

But now we find out that the bran that's retained in brown rice (as opposed to discarded in white rice) contains a lot of the arsenic levels found in rice. And that white rice from the U.S., apparently because of past arsenic-containing pesticides use, is particularly prone to high levels of arsenic.

Sometimes it kind of gets to the point where you wonder if anything in today's modern world is safe or healthful to eat anymore.

In looking at the chart of different rice products tested by Consumer Reports, it also was interesting to see a lot of the so-called organic or health food-oriented brands coming across with some of the higher arsenic levels.

Among them, I saw one brand of Trader Joe's brown rice pasta listed, but the chart didn't list a country of origin. I've got a couple different varieties of TJ's brown rice pasta at home here (but not the tested fusilli variety) and they both show Canada as their country of origin.

Edited October 18, 2012 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Dap]

Sounded like a well rounded article.

Are test show very low content.

If they show a high content it is rice smuggled into Thailand.

That about covers all the bases.

[Dap]

Well if a Thai scientist says we are all safe there's nothing to worry about then...........

Would this be the same scientitst that says no problem to the government allowing the use of DDT and other pesticides and herbicides....says Thai electricity is different and doesn't need an earth/ground, etc., etc.?

And asbestos is NOT a carcinogen (in Thailand).

[rbrooks]

I see a red flag whenever a Thai scientist has to come out and assure quality and safety of any item.

[Ricardo]

Perhaps Thai-rice exports should carry the promotional-label, "Now With No Extra Arsenic Added", to assure shoppers of it's quality ?