Amazon.com Is Sued over Alleged Sale of Contaminated Rice | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Amazon hit with lawsuit over allegedly toxic rice containing toxic metals like arsenic, mercury

A new class-action lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court alleges Amazon sold rice products containing toxic heavy metals—including lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury—without disclosing their presence to consumers. The complaint, filed by plaintiffs Ashley Wright and Merriman Blum, accuses the Seattle-based e-commerce giant of failing to warn buyers that several rice products sold on its marketplace contain substances known to pose signific…

Amazon.com is sued over alleged sale of contaminated rice | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Amazon.com was sued today by consumers over its alleged sale of a wide variety of rice contaminated by arsenic and other “heavy metals.”

The hidden toxins in rice: HEAVY METALS arsenic and cadmium detected in global food staple

by Ramon Tomey, Natural News: A study by Healthy Babies, Bright Futures (HBBF) found arsenic in all 145 tested rice samples (both U.S. and imported brands), with one in four exceeding the FDA’s 100 ppb limit for infant rice cereal. Cadmium was also detected in nearly all samples. Brown rice from the southeastern U.S. had […]

A report published by Healthy Babies, Bright Futures indicated that rice sold in stores in the United States contains toxic metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. These results were obtained after analyzing products from 20 metropolitan areas in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. The study indicated that one in four samples exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) arsenic limit for infant rice cereal. That rule was esta…

Report finds widespread arsenic contamination in rice sold across US

A recent report has found that 100% of 145 rice samples tested contained arsenic, with more than one in four samples exceeding the FDA’s safety limit for infant rice cereal.

The hidden toxins in rice: HEAVY METALS arsenic and cadmium detected in global food staple – altnews.org

The hidden toxins in rice: HEAVY METALS arsenic and cadmium detected in global food staple A study by Healthy Babies,