Microplastic Warning: Experts Recommend Washing Rice to Avoid Eating Plastic
Australian researchers recommend we rinse our rice to avoid ingesting plastics, according to a world-first study measuring the levels of microplastic in rice.
The lead author of the research, Jake O’Brien, said that people might consume 3 to 4 mg of plastic through a single-serve of uncooked rice. Plastics in instant rice, which undergoes more processing, were four-fold higher, according to the study just published in the Journal of Hazardous Material. Microplastics have been detected in rice, an Australian research paper has found. (Joker/Alexander Stein/Getty Images)
“All of our samples, regardless of the packaging it came in, had some levels of plastic,” O’Brien told 9News.