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Mercury enters rice through local industrial activities and through burning coal. Photo: David Woo, CC BY-ND
May 05,2018, 1:51
Coal dust is tainting China’s rice with mercury
By Noelle Eckley Selin and Sae Yun Kwon
China aims to grow rice in polluted, saline fields. Photo: Xinhua
Apr 11,2018, 7:37
Modified rice grown in saline fields to hit China market
By Asia Times staff
High levels of inorganic arsenic were found in 13 out of 45 rice samples obtained in Hong Kong and Lo Wu. Photo: iStockphoto
Feb 28,2018, 1:58
Cancer-causing inorganic arsenic found in rice samples
By Asia Times staff
Photo: iStock
Jul 21,2017, 9:29
US, China make surprise trade breakthrough after disappointing talks
By Asia Unhedged
A mill worker in Thailand holds harvested rice grains. Agriculture, largely rice farming, employs 40% of the country's work force Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva
Mar 22,2017, 3:08
The plague and promise of Thai rice
By Peter Janssen
A farmer works in her rice field in Suphan Buri province, north of Bangkok, Thailand November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom
Dec 21,2016, 11:36
Thailand university starts accepting rice for tuition fees
By AgWeb
A farmer works in a rice paddy field outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Samrang Pring
Dec 16,2016, 3:58
US challenges China’s grain import quotas at WTO
By Reuters
Photo: Wikimedia commons
Dec 09,2016, 1:37
Climate shifts, Chinese dams threaten Vietnam’s ‘rice bowl’
By Washington Times
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