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Celiacs were mentioned in a piece on NPR today along with Asian Americans 
and Hispanics as groups who consume more rice than the average American and 
who should be concerned about findings of higher percentage of arsenic in 
rice grown in America (particularly in the South) than rice grown in other 
countries (in general.  Bangladesh has high levels of arsenic in the soil 
and therefore in rice grown there).  Here's a link to a USA Today article 
about 
this:  http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-08-02-rice_x.htm.  The 
bright side is that celiac disease got a mention!

Hold on- here's another link that gives some reassurance about these findings:
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i32/8332notw9.html.  For one thing, you'd 
have to eat a pound of rice a day to get a toxic dose.  But, as for me, I'd 
rather not have any arsenic in my diet, thank you!

Mary in Upstate NY 

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