borgia poison with andrew a. meharg (part 1)

he wrote 'venomous earth: how arsenic caused the world's worst mass poisoning'

https://blossom.primal.net/1893f205b14130176e2f3c0cab8b3e6d7f0de59f6c887cc50a28b4360cf51023.mov

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(part 2) on naturally occurring arsenic, arsenic in drinking water, the effects of arsenic over time, the dangers of arsenic in rice especially in subsistence rice diets and resulting cancers

https://blossom.primal.net/acb80bd383375c848839cd23e6eb30128423570607038f2a09293f70e4bf8933.mov

on reducing arsenic in rice

the most sound solution: at the processing stage

method: using a coffee percolator to cook the rice

https://blossom.primal.net/7cf1c2ae55eef7da865e0131995718b0cbb4652ee7a9f6be785266a0ee059799.mov

"Venomous Earth is the story of the worst chemical disaster in history. It starts in Ancient Greece, touches down in today's North America and takes in William Morris, alchemy, farming, medicine, mining and a cosmetic that killed two popes."