rice and coconut milk?

[Peek-a-boo]

Deb--I'd never heard it before either, so I googled it and found information all going back to one report issued by the food safety agency in the UK (similar to our FDA I guess?). 

[ireneee]

This is a pretty good summary of all the info;

http://mickirose.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/arsenic-in-rice-milk-%E2%80%93-is-this-true/

I think it is one of those minerals (?) that appears in the soil and as the rice grows, it picks it up and stores it. I guess a bit like oily fish picking up mercury from the sea.

Hope this helps!

[deb]

Wow, that's interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Do they have anything to say about the practice of giving baby rice as a first food to babies then?

[ireneee]

Not as far as I am aware. I think it has to do with the cooking etc.
You know, I never really thought about it in actual rice!

[Peek-a-boo]

Wow, that's interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Do they have anything to say about the practice of giving baby rice as a first food to babies then?

I did read something about the fact that china (of all places!) won't allow most US produced rice baby cereals in because they contain too much arsenic by their standards.