Estudio encuentra arsénico y cadmio en el arroz vendido en Estados Unidos

2025-05-16

La posible presencia de metales pesados tóxicos como: arsénico, cadmio, plomo y mercurio en el arroz es el centro de un nuevo informe

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Study
finds arsenic and cadmium in rice sold in the United States<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">La organización Healthy Babies, Bright Futures publicó
un informe basado en el análisis de 105 marcas de arroz disponibles en Estados
Unidos, como Trader Joe’s, Ben’s y Goya, recolectadas en 20 ciudades importantes
desde Nueva York hasta Los Ángeles y Miami, según CBS News.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">The Healthy Babies, Bright Futures organization published a report
based on the analysis of 105 brands of rice available in the United States,
including Trader Joe's, Ben's, and Goya, collected in 20 major cities from New
York to Los Angeles and Miami, according to CBS News.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">El estudio encontró la presencia de cuatro metales
pesados tóxicos: plomo, mercurio, cadmio y arsénico, siendo este último el que
apareció en mayores cantidades. De hecho, el arsénico se detectó en el 100% de
las muestras analizadas.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">The study found the presence of four toxic heavy metals: lead,
mercury, cadmium, and arsenic, with the latter occurring in the highest
amounts. In fact, arsenic was detected in 100% of the samples analyzed.

<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Además, una de cada cuatro muestras superó el límite
federal permitido de arsénico inorgánico (100 partes por billón), establecido
por la FDA en 2021 para cereales dirigidos a bebés.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">¿Por qué el arroz tiene arsénico?<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">El arroz absorbe el arsénico del suelo y del agua a
través de sus raíces, lo que hace que esta sustancia se distribuya por toda la
planta.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Furthermore, one in four samples exceeded the federal allowable
limit for inorganic arsenic (100 parts per billion), established by the FDA in
2021 for cereals intended for infants.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Why does rice contain arsenic?<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Rice absorbs arsenic from the soil and water through its roots,
causing this substance to be distributed throughout the plant.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">¿Cómo reducir el arsénico en el arroz?<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Expertos y organizaciones recomiendan algunas acciones
para disminuir la cantidad de arsénico al cocinar:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Lavar bien el arroz antes de cocinarlo:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Esto puede reducir hasta un 90% del arsénico que es
fácil de eliminar. También ayuda a reducir otros metales como el plomo y el
cadmio.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">How can we reduce arsenic in rice?

<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Experts and organizations recommend some actions to reduce the
amount of arsenic in cooking:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
accent1;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms:
lumm=75000">Wash rice thoroughly before cooking:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">This can reduce up to 90% of the easily removed arsenic. It also
helps reduce other metals such as lead and cadmium.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Cocinar con bastante agua:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Usar entre 6 a 10 tazas de agua por cada taza de arroz
y escurrir el exceso después de cocido puede ayudar a eliminar una buena parte
del arsénico.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Cook with plenty of water:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Using 6 to 10 cups of water per cup of rice and draining the excess
after cooking can help eliminate a significant portion of the arsenic.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Elegir tipos de arroz con menos metales pesados:

<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Se recomienda el arroz Calrose, el arroz para sushi y
el arroz blanco cultivado en California, además del arroz jazmín (Tailandia) y
basmati (India).<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Por el contrario, los tipos con más arsénico suelen
ser el arroz integral, el blanco del sureste de EE. UU. y el arroz arborio
usado para risotto.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Choose rice types with fewer heavy metals:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Calrose rice, sushi rice, and white rice grown in California are
recommended, as well as jasmine rice (Thailand) and basmati rice (India).<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">In contrast, the types with the most arsenic tend to be brown rice,
white rice from the southeastern US, and arborio rice used for risotto.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Buscar alternativas al arroz:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Para variar y reducir riesgos, se sugiere incluir
alimentos como quinua, cebada o cuscús como sustitutos.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-themecolor:
accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor:
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lumm=75000">Find alternatives to rice:<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:14.0pt;
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lumm=75000">For variety and to reduce risks, it's suggested to include foods
such as quinoa, barley, or couscous as substitutes.<o:p></o:p>

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