http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Recent reports about arsenic in rice have sparked a great deal of panic among U.S. consumers. However, the average American who eats a variety of whole grains doesn't need to stress about arsenic, according to Loyola University Health System registered dietitian Brooke Schantz, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dietitian-controversy-arsenic-food-diet.html Health Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:50:01 EST news272186325 (Medical Xpress)—In an article this week, Consumer Reports is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to set standards for how much arsenic can be allowed in rice after finding the potential toxin in almost every rice product it tested. At FIU, researchers are working on a new process that could reduce the amount of the contaminant in rice grains. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-genetically-rice-arsenic.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:46:59 EST news267346003 (AP)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may consider new standards for the levels of arsenic in rice as consumer groups are calling for federal guidance on how much of the carcinogen can be present in food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-urged-standards-arsenic-rice.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:54:56 EST news267267287 A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses attention on the potential for consuming harmful levels of arsenic via rice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-rice-source-arsenic-exposure.html Health Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:00:08 EST news242316052