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.
Yes, it is. While a lot of nutritional benefits of brown rice come from the fiber left intact on it, white rice is the product of thorough polishing. The complete milling destroys 67 percent of vitamin B3, 80 percent of vitamin B1, 90 percent of vitamin B6, half of the manganese, half of the phosphorus, and 60 percent of iron.