1 A reasonable estimate for house building lumber costs is somewhere around $15 to $30 per square foot. 2  For an average sized home, this works out to approximately $35 to $55,000 (this price also includes the price of nails, etc.).
Studies by Scottish researchers have found higher levels of arsenic in rice grown in the U.S. than in basmati or jasmine rice from Thailand or India. The highest levels of arsenic in U.S.-grown rice came from Southern states.
(NaturalNews) A report released by the American Chemical Society reveals that rice imported into the United States from China and other countries contains very high levels of lead. The FDA has established a provisional total tolerable intake (PTTI) level for lead, but some of the rice samples tested for this research exceeded the PTTI by 12,000%. Imported rice was reportedly sampled from Bhutan, Italy, China, Taiwan, India, Israel, the Czech Republic and Thailand, reports the BBC. Lead is extremely damaging to developing brains and contributes to organ failure.