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[–] RubberElectrons 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My understanding is that this is related to whether it's American grown in fields previously used for cotton and other non-food crops due to pesticides.. foreign rice should be ok?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

at least it's going to be foreign pesticides

[–] RubberElectrons 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not a good thing either haha.. as an American, I don't think our farmers are purposely poisoning the rice, but may not understand the pesticides in the soil from decades ago can still fuck people up now.