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.
This week Consumer Reports released news that arsenic was found in brown rice, white rice, rice breakfast cereals, organic rice baby cereal, and other rice productsââmany at worrisome levelsââin tests they performed. Itâs not clear how high the levels are or what is a safe level to ingest yet.