Traces of arsenic occur naturally in many foodstuffs, and apparently syrup derived from brown rice can have one of the higher concentrations [Chicago Tribune] Next shoe to drop: steak, creme brulee turn out to be good for you.
Traces of arsenic occur naturally in many foodstuffs, and apparently syrup derived from brown rice can have one of the higher concentrations [Chicago Tribune] Next shoe to drop: steak, creme brulee turn out to be good for you.
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Its The Sleeper Curve
the term Sleeper Curve from the Woody Allen film Sleeper, where “scientists from 2173 are astounded that twentieth-century society failed to grasp the nutritional merits of cream pies and hot fudge”
I wondered why babies and athletes have been dropping like flies due to arsenic poisoning. Mystery solved!
So the article that touched off this little kerfluffle is quoting extensively from a press release….and the actual study is apparently not yet available.
I’d normally grumble here about innumerate reporters, but this is worse than that. We have a flap with no data on which to base a reasonable risk assessment.
Every time we have a scare like this (alar, anyone?) I just go back to that well worn standard “Just how in hell did we manage to survive so long with all these nasty problems?”. The only real lasting effect won’t be from the alleged arsenic, oh no. It will come from some crusading congresscritter who just cannot put facts before cameratime. Unfortunately, that all ends in another regulation costing God-knows how much money to comply with, which does little to nothing to address the question, and which will never go away. In the mean time, in our ADD addled society, another “scare” will pop up for some breathless reporter to earn their shot at a Pulitzer, with no real research or voice of reason to put a restraint on said report. It’s all enough to make me want to chew a foot off.
/rant.