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Heavy toxic metals could be in the rice you're about to buy at the grocery store.

Healthy Babies, Bright Futures, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that seeks to reduce babies' exposure to toxic chemicals, revealed that arsenic was found in 100% of the 145 rice samples purchased from stores throughout the United States.

"We found four toxic heavy metals in rice – arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury," according to the new report .

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"While each contaminant has different health effects, they can contribute to serious risks like cancer, developmental harm including IQ loss and accumulation in the body over time," the report said.

The study included 10 forms of grain and more tha

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