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May 10th, 2021 at 11:12pm
 
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A NEW study from the University of Queensland has revealed that humans are consuming three to four milligrams of microplastic per every 100mg of rice they consume - with more alarming data found from instant rice packages, that contain up to 14mg per serving.

https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7245139/research-unveils-rice-pla...
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Reply #1 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:22pm
 
Perhaps it comes from the packaging?
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Reply #2 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:25pm
 
UnSubRocky wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:22pm:
Perhaps it comes from the packaging?
The packaging wouldnt weigh 3 to 4 mg, let alone 140 mg in the instant version. This is obvious food adulteration, they shouldnt be allowing this food to be sold, we need to upgrade our standards.
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Reply #3 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:31pm
 
Consumption of microplastics is well known to cause sterility in humans.
Best bet is not to consume any food manufactured in Asia, particularly from China , they are well known to adulterate food.
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Reply #4 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:32pm
 
rhino wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:25pm:
UnSubRocky wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:22pm:
Perhaps it comes from the packaging?
The packaging wouldnt weigh 3 to 4 mg, let alone 140 mg in the instant version. This is obvious food adulteration, they shouldnt be allowing this food to be sold, we need to upgrade our standards.


I would say that the packaging of most rice would be at least 5 grams. I could imagine that the rice might mildly scour 140mg of packaging during transit and storage.

We already know that plastic bottles filled with water can be reused a certain few times before they break down the plastic and leaches into the water. The concern should be about changing type of packaging for all kinds of food and drink containers.
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Reply #5 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:33pm
 
rhino wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:31pm:
Consumption of microplastics is well known to cause sterility in humans.
Best bet is not to consume any food manufactured in Asia, particularly from China , they are well known to adulterate food.


Such as baby formula. Then they come to Australia and buy up our baby formula.
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Reply #6 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:34pm
 
UnSubRocky wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:32pm:
rhino wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:25pm:
UnSubRocky wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:22pm:
Perhaps it comes from the packaging?
The packaging wouldnt weigh 3 to 4 mg, let alone 140 mg in the instant version. This is obvious food adulteration, they shouldnt be allowing this food to be sold, we need to upgrade our standards.


I would say that the packaging of most rice would be at least 5 grams. I could imagine that the rice might mildly scour 140mg of packaging during transit and storage.
you say and imagine a lot of things, most of it as in this case is absolute horseshit.
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Reply #7 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:41pm
 
rhino wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:34pm:
you say and imagine a lot of things, most of it as in this case is absolute horseshit.


I have a plastic bag of food in similar size to that of rice packages. When I empty that, I will weigh it to see if it gets to 5 grams. And even if weighs only 1 gram (for whatever f'n reason), I would be still comfortable in thinking that 140mg of plastic could leach off the packaging and into the food itself.
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Reply #8 - May 10th, 2021 at 11:45pm
 
UnSubRocky wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:41pm:
rhino wrote on May 10th, 2021 at 11:34pm:
you say and imagine a lot of things, most of it as in this case is absolute horseshit.


I have a plastic bag of food in similar size to that of rice packages. When I empty that, I will weigh it to see if it gets to 5 grams. And even if weighs only 1 gram (for whatever f'n reason), I would be still comfortable in thinking that 140mg of plastic could leach off the packaging and into the food itself.

dont bother, please dont degrade my thread any more by posting in it.
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Reply #9 - May 11th, 2021 at 12:01am
 
You see Centuwian, how quickly we go down into wambunctious, wambling, wivalry and wepeat wacial and wating slurs!

Ah... yes, sir... a small valley in Wales.... first a train then a bus...
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Reply #10 - May 11th, 2021 at 1:06am
 
I suppose you lost another argument, rhino.
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Reply #11 - May 11th, 2021 at 8:40am
 
Microplastics have been detected in foetuses around the world.

Microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time, which the researchers said was “a matter of great concern”.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/22/microplastics-revealed-in-pl...
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Reply #12 - May 11th, 2021 at 8:47am
 
its not just Chinese rice either.......get the facts right!


with the amount of rice eaten every day around the world it can be doing any harm..
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cods wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 8:47am:
its not just Chinese rice either.......get the facts right!


with the amount of rice eaten every day around the world it can be doing any harm..

Microplastics are not confined to rice, they're everywhere in nearly everything.
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Reply #14 - May 11th, 2021 at 9:13am
 
cods wrote on May 11th, 2021 at 8:47am:
its not just Chinese rice either.......get the facts right!


Exactly.

Click on rhino's link and do a word search for 'China' and 'Asia' in the article he posted.

https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7245139/research-unveils-rice-pla...

Zero results.

Do the same thing on the abstract of the actual study:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389421007421

Zero results.

Now, look at this from the Department of Agriculture:

"Australians are estimated to consume about 300,000 tonnes of rice every year (ABARES 2019).

"About half of this volume typically comes from imports (mostly long grain rice, such as basmati and jasmine) and the other half from domestic production (mostly medium grain rice)."


Now ask yourself: is this a thread about rice, or racism?
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