The Threat from Polished Rice

Chemically bleached rice is being widely distributed. The authorities in charge have been slacking on the job.

February 6, 2007

BE careful when you buy rice. The attractive and pleasant smelling white grains may contain chlorine, a harmful chemical. This is usually used to bleach cloth.

This came to light after the Tangerang Food & Drug Monitoring Agency recently took samples of rice from markets recently. These samples were then analyzed in the laboratory, to alarming results. Every sample contained chemicals in varying amounts.

There have been no reports of fatalities so

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