Chinese Rice And Farmlands

[oldsailor35]

I read an American report that Chinese rice has high levels of lead. This is due to the fact that they irrigate their farmlands with untreated effluent and chemicals. Does this then mean that the vegetables that we receive here in Thailand, which are mainly imported from China,will also have a very high Lead level. Will the government investigate this ?

The American survey says that rice from India is also high in chemicals, however rice from Thailand and some other Asian countries are very low in these chemicals. I for one will try to avoid Chinese vegetables and only use Thai rice in future.

[edwardandtubs]

The report states that Thai rice also exceeds the safe limit for lead. You seem to be confusing this report on lead with an earlier report on arsenic.

[jayci]

Need more lead in your pencil? Eat rotting thai rice. 5555

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[ARISTIDE]

I've never seen any Chinese rice in the supermarket

[lungbing]

And you'd believe an American report no doubt sponsored by something like 'The American Rice Growers Association".

[rice555]

Hello All, oldsailor35 was that the same report listed on the Thai Food Forum in the thread

"puts lead in your pencil"?(or something like that) has the link to the article. Didn't know why

it was not in the Western Food or the Health Forum. Poster #5, it's not by the US Rice people.

rice555

"The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans.

The researchers are still in the process of analysing rice samples from Pakistan, Brazil and other countries.

Lead accumulates slowly in the body, and can lead to nerve and kidney damage, as well as anaemia.

One study has shown brain shrinkage in workers exposed to lead through their occupations.

Long-term lead exposure has been linked to reduced IQ and disruptive behaviour in children.

In the UK, the average person consumes around 5.6 kilograms of rice per year. Rice imports account for

only about 7% of the rice consumed in the US, which is a major producer and exporter of the grain."

On the Thai Food Forum for the rest of the story.

[Dr Wanchai]

I regularly dine at the Y so I am not really sure what type of rice I am eating.

[IsaanAussie]

Arh, a new member with a sense of humour. You smoking monkey you.

Dining at the "Y". Very limited menu but a large following. A personal friend in the west once visited a pharmacy and inquired about stock levels of certain feminine personal deodorants. The answer was affirmative but I cant remember rice being one of the flavour options. Must be an acquired taste?