This photo came up when I googled "super rice."

On October 8th, I wrote about the Consumer Reports investigation that revealed dangerous levels of arsenic in pretty much all the rice we eat.  In that post, I also mentioned that there are currently no federal laws governing how much arsenic is permissible in food.  The FDA regulates arsenic in bottled water, but that’s it.

Turns out three House Democrats (Conn. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, N.J. Rep. Frank Pallone, and N.Y. Rep. Nita Lowey) have introduced a bill—The R.I.C.E. Act—that would require the FDA set a legal limit for arsenic levels in rice. 

So did this.

The three Congresspersons previously collaborated last February when they filed a bill that would require limits be set on arsenic and lead in juice, after another Consumer Reports investigation found absurdly high levels of the two elements in apple and grape juice.

Additionally, the FDA publicly announced its own tests and that it would perform a risk assessment when they were completed.

Consumer Reports.  They may be a little Oxford-tucked-into-ironed-jeans, but they get the job done.