Perhaps it comes from the packaging?

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.

rhino wrote on May 10^th, 2021 at 11:31pm:


Such as baby formula. Then they come to Australia and buy up our baby formula.

rhino wrote on May 10^th, 2021 at 11:34pm:


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.

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...

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...

cods wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 8:47am:

Microplastics are not confined to rice, they're everywhere in nearly everything.

Microplastic had been a problem for a long time.   3 years ago, WHO study did an analysis of 259 bottles from 19 locations in nine countries across 11 different brands found an average of 325 plastic particles for every litre of water being sold.

UnSubRocky wrote on May 10^th, 2021 at 11:41pm:


Microplastic ingestion doesn't come from the food you buy in plastic packaging it comes from the likes of packaging & other plastics breaking down with age once they are dumped into the environment.

cods wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 8:47am:
The Chinese have a history of food adulteration, considering their food does contain a large amount of microplastics then why are we importing any of it? Think about it, China cant feed its own citizens yet is exporting food to western countries, doesnt make sense. They buy food from Australia because it is clean containing  no toxins. They are exporting food to us which already is guaranteed to contain microplastics, what is to stop them further adulterating the food with microplastics? Research shows ingestion of microplastics can lead to sterility and is likely the main reason fertility is declining in the Western world. This is a country which deliberately spread the Chinese corona19 virus around  the world using 5 million of their citizens as biological weapons.

rhino wrote on May 10^th, 2021 at 11:12pm:


Does it do any harm?

Some of the bulk bags of basmati that I buy, with the zip and the cotton seem you have to undo, contain a thin layer of plastic that deteriorates over time. Having it abraded by rice grains would not help.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 5:51pm:
already have.   

UnSubRocky wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 3:58pm:
No, read again, we arent agreeing with you.

Gordon wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 6:33pm:

  the glutinous stuff, cant seem to get it here.

rhino wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 6:30pm:


Ah, so people are eating credit cards because their sperm count has gone negative?

freediver wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 6:50pm:
Youve been talking to UnsubRocky.

Looks like this one has triggered pecca. So passionate about rice.

rhino wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 6:32pm:


Actually, yes, I did misread.