Comments on: Periodic Residue Testing to Begin in Organic Agriculture http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=8562 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: whisperingsage http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=8562#comment-163775 whisperingsage Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:33:08 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=8562#comment-163775 Even organic growers of rice like Lundberg rice has admitted to testing at 90 ppm for arsenic in rice. This is devastating to me. I relied on rice bran for a dense nutrient feed source for many years, and now am at a loss for an adequate subsititute. I am using wheat germ right now, but it still is not adequate. The arsenic came from chicken manure fertilizers contaminated with arsenic which was used in factory farming operations to reduce parasites.

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