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Created: 2025-07-12 20:15:42 UTC

A new international report has raised alarms over the safety of one of the world’s most consumed staple foods — rice — revealing that many popular brands sold in the United States contain dangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium, two heavy metals linked to a range of serious health problems. With rice forming a central part of the Jamaican diet, the findings present troubling implications for local consumption patterns and public health.


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