U.S. rice exports to Haiti register unhealthy arsenic levels
According to a study, rice exported by the United States to Haiti, which represents the majority of the staple food supply in the Caribbean country, contains harmful levels of arsenic and other heavy metals that can increase the risk of several types of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other ailments. teleSUR
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00:00 On Monday, in the United States, the University of Michigan published a report in which it
00:05 exposes that U.S. food suppliers have been sending rice to Haiti with harmful levels
00:10 of arsenic and cadmium.
00:12 In this sense, the U.S. university's scientific program highlighted that the rice that the
00:17 Caribbean nation imports exceeds the international limits of concentrations of these metals,
00:23 and the study amplifies that this issue increases the risk of suffering cancer and coronary
00:27 diseases.
00:29 It is worth noting that the rice represents for this Caribbean nation most of its basic
00:34 diet and precisely an agreement managed by the administration of the former president,
00:39 Bill Clinton, allows selling the rice with lower tariffs.
00:44 In this way, the report added that almost all of the samples analyzed exceeded the recommendations
00:49 of the United States Food and Drug Administration for children's consumption.
00:54 Thank you.