Horrible article about rice in India being grown in filth and pollution. I wonder where Costco gets its basmati rice; rice is also grown away from large cities, nearer the Himalayas. I would like to find out what part of India the costco rice is from.
I learned to always wash rice 3 times before cooking, I either scrub with my hands and/or use a wire whisk vigorously. I used to be basmati rice from Lundberg growers, I order from Azure Standard (they deliver over much of the country). It’s like available in stores that sell bulk foods or natural food stores.
I actually disposed of about 1/2 of a 20 lb. bag of Indian Basmati rice after reading things like that. "Watered by rains from the Himalayan Mountains!" it said on the package. (It also tasted terrible and was very dirty.)
US rice in the south apparently sucks up arsenic. (Not so much CA rice.)
https://health.osu.edu/wellness/exercise-and-nutrition/how-to-reduce-arsenic-in-rice
Just Wonderful!