Beware of Arsenic Contamination in Rice

Agency for Food and Drug Administration USA ( FDA ) found the presence of arsenic contamination in rice and its derivatives . Arsenic contamination was found after conducting tests on 1,300 samples of rice products in the land of Uncle Sam
FDA confirms , arsenic levels in some of these products are still too low to cause immediate effects or negative impact on short-term health . The agency will conduct further research using new tools to determine more specifically a variety of arsenic species in food as well as to analyze the long-term negative impacts .
As it is known , is a compound of arsenic cause cancer ( carcinogens ) in humans . Arsenic can be found in organic and inorganic forms . Both are combined into the total amount of arsenic .
The FDA report is a follow up from Consumer Reports to the government request in 2012 and then to restrict the content of arsenic in the rice , following the results of the examination of the 60 most popular rice products in the United States . The findings show the majority of rice products contain arsenic as a known carcinogen .

Director of consumer safety and sustainability of Consumer Reports , Urvashi Rangan welcomed the FDA's follow-up report of the company . He urged people not need to over- respond to the report .
" With these findings the public need to know if this issue is important . However does not mean to throw all of the rice in their closet , " said Rangan .
In its report , the FDA said the levels of inorganic arsenic ( the most toxic kind ) on the rice variety with the average number of 2.6 to 7.2 micrograms per servings . Instant rice contains the lowest, while the highest type of brown rice .
On rice products , inorganic arsenic levels ranged from 0.1 to 6.6 micrograms per servings . Low content of most foods is in the baby , while the highest is in the rice pasta .
While the brown rice , inorganic arsenic in 99 samples was 7.2 to 10 micrograms . While in the instant form contains 2.6 micrograms of inorganic arsenic .
FDA refuses to name or brand specific sample under study . The reason , though the sample size is large enough to examine arsenic in rice and its derivatives , but the sample size was not large enough to evaluate a product more specifically .
To minimize exposure to inorganic arsenic , the FDA recommends the public to adopt a good diet and balanced to prevent the negative effects of too much eating one type of food . Society can also consume other foods as varied diet than rice .