MARY CLARE JALONICK

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In this Aug. 7, 2013, file photo, farmer Ben Burgess carries a type of low-yield rice from a rice field near Coy, Ark. The Food and Drug Administration says consumers shouldn't worry too much about levels of arsenic in rice â but should vary their diets just in case. The agency released a study Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, of arsenic in 1,300 samples of rice and rice products, the largest study to date looking at the carcinogen's presence in that grain. Consumer groups have pressured the FDA to set a standard for the amount of arsenic that can be present in rice products.

Energy and Environment

FDA study says amount of arsenic in rice is low

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 6, 2013 11:00 pm

Millions left in American Indian farmer settlement

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 30, 2013 4:42 pm

Mexico farm linked to illnesses resumes operations

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 27, 2013 5:26 pm

USDA says it will stop cotton payments to Brazil

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 7, 2013 9:04 pm

In this photo made Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, Donna Heller sits for a photo in Burleson, Texas. Heller picked up cyclospora from a salad she ate at a restaurant in mid-June. After numerous doctor visits including an emergency room visit and a few misdiagnosis she was diagnosed by the CDC last week and began taking the antibiotic treatment just this week. âI have been brought to tears at least 10 different times feeling just so defeated. It didnât seem like anyone wants to take you seriously,â she said. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

FDA links stomach bug in 2 states to Mexican farm

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 2, 2013 10:14 pm

A variety of foods labeled Gluten Free are displayed in Frederick, Md., Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Consumers are going to know exactly what they are getting when they buy foods labeled "gluten free." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is at last defining what a "gluten free" label on a food package really means after more than six years of consideration. Until now, manufacturers have been able to use their own discretion as to how much gluten they include. Under an FDA rule announced Friday, products labeled "gluten free" still won't have to be technically free of wheat, rye and barley and their derivatives. But they almost will: "Gluten-free" products will have to contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

FDA defining what “gluten free” means on packages

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 2, 2013 5:49 pm

GOP prepares bill to cut food stamps by 5 percent

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 1, 2013 9:33 pm

CDC: Unclear if outbreak of stomach illness over

MARY CLARE JALONICK · July 31, 2013 9:40 pm

House GOP considers food stamp work requirements

MARY CLARE JALONICK · July 25, 2013 2:00 am

CDC: More than 275 have unidentified stomach bug

MARY CLARE JALONICK · July 24, 2013 8:22 pm

CDC: 250 in 6 states have unidentified stomach bug

MARY CLARE JALONICK · July 24, 2013 12:42 am

House GOP revives farm bill by splitting it in 2

MARY CLARE JALONICK · July 11, 2013 3:31 am