US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead'

Re:US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead' by harlox on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @09:15PM (#5529319)

Is anything safe to eat anymore?

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Re:US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead' by uvdiv on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @11:29PM (#5529803)

Yes, virtually everything. Out of about 10,000 samples of 731 different food products, the FDA found nothing within orders of magnitude of these lead levels.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/FoodScienceResearch/TotalD...

pp. 69-80

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Re:US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead' by gph on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @10:55PM (#5529702)

Sure, Lab-Grown Petri Dish Meat© is perfectly safe.

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Re:US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead' by crag on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @11:34PM (#5529824)

You mean "Spam"? Already trademarked.

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Re:US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead' by PakG1 on Thursday April 11, 2013 @12:03AM (#5529920)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_meat

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Re:US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead' by crag on Friday April 12, 2013 @09:34AM (#5538334)

Ok, that's disgusting.

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