https://hbbf.org/sites/default/files/2025-05/Arsenic-in-Rice...
This rang my "fraud" detector in my head:
1. a random .org site that sounds too much like rah rah save the children
2. spammed across many news sites and reddit and now hacker news all in a short time span
but after reading the report it seems pretty good
The take-away I got was buy rice grown in California, Thailand, or India. Soak beforehand if you really want to reduce bad stuff
Another thing that caught my eye as I scanned the article was "rice products" which is obviously not just rice, and levels exceeded for "infant rice cereal".
So, it did sort of seem aimed at the market of inducing panic in new moms.
PTFE's degradation point is 260C, but rice cookers only cook up to 100C (controlled).
The only source of PTFE is if they scratch or flake off over time, but this is usually visible.
Teflon cookware are more problematic in non-stick pans, where they do get heated to higher temperatures, especially for stir fries.
https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2023/mount-sinai-r...
These people think it might be seafood
https://www.biomonitoring.ca.gov/sites/default/files/downloa...