date:Oct 11, 2012
n on the potential regulation of arsenic in rice.
While Fitzgeral-Redd said that the industry is committed to responsibly examining the issue and supports the FDA effort, she pointed out that in Japan, where rice consumption is far greater than in the U.S., overall disease rates are lower.
This obscures the point, said Hamilton. There might be a contribution of arsenic to disease risk, he said, but it might be masked by an otherwise healthy population that consumes a lot of fish and little red