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Rice commonly contains arsenic, but most of it can be removed by boiling in water (4:1 ratio) for 5 minutes, and discarding that water before starting the regular cook cycle.

Since we eat a lot of rice, this is probably a good thing to keep in mind.

Some more recent research in the context of Nepal:

Human Dietary Exposure to Heavy Metals via Rice in Nepal - PubMed

Yuxiao Shao et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36901157/

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