Rice
Like rice noodles, it feels like the obvious thing to do is to buy rice from China. After all, the Chinese have them with just about every single meal! We can see why you would think that, but this is not the case at all. There are Chinese rice factories that add a synthetic resin to the rice. You are not just getting plastic, but the chemicals tend to cause cancer as well. Keep yourself safe by buying it from a different source!
Rice
Shrimp
Like other Chinese seafood items, imported shrimp should be crossed out of your grocery list. A couple of years ago, the Institute of Environmental and Human Health food lab at Texas Tech University took a look at bags of shrimp from different stores across the United States. When the study came to an end, they found out that the samples all had chloramphenicol, carcinogen nitrofurazone, and enrofloxacin. The substances are found in illegal antibiotics in the country! Thanks to the conditions in the Asian country, the shrimp are exposed to them. The thought of it alone already has us shivering. Hard pass!
Shrimp
