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High Levels of Arsenic Found in Rice

High Levels of Arsenic Found in Rice - Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff - Huffington Post The FDA and Consumer Reports recently released lab reports detailing just how much arsenic is in rice products -- and found that many brands contain more arsenic in a single serving than what the EPA allows in a quart of drinking water. Yes, you read that right: More arsenic in a single serving than in one quart of water. This follows news from February, when a Dartmouth College study found arsenic in infant ...[READ MORE]

Millions Against Monsanto Collect Two Million Petitions

Today is the day Monsanto and corporate agribusiness have been dreading, and the day that millions of us have been waiting for. Today a grassroots corps of volunteer petition gatherers arrived at County Clerks' offices in all 58 counties in California. They delivered almost a million petitions signed by registered voters along with this message: Millions against Monsanto are taking back our democracy and restoring our fundamental right to know what's in our food. This is the first step in ...[READ MORE]