{"id":30848,"date":"2025-07-01T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=30848"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T09:32:57","slug":"should-i-be-worried-about-arsenic-in-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=30848","title":{"rendered":"Should I Be Worried About Arsenic in Rice?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Q: I eat rice regularly, but I\u2019ve heard it contains arsenic. Should I avoid it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some recent alarming<\/a> headlines<\/a> have been warning that rice sold in the United States contains dangerous levels of arsenic.<\/p>\n

The news was based on a report<\/a> \u2014 published in May by Healthy Babies Bright Futures, a nonprofit focused on reducing children\u2019s exposures to toxic chemicals \u2014 that highlighted real concerns, experts say. Arsenic is one of several heavy metals commonly found in rice, and it has been linked with impaired brain development in children as well as cancer, diabetes and heart disease in adults.<\/p>\n

The findings are most troubling for pregnant women, young children and those who eat rice regularly, said Margaret Karagas, a professor of epidemiology at the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. The good news, she said, is that there are ways to reduce your exposure.<\/p>\n