Sounds like maybe we should be more interested to see what Bill Owens does next.

Arsenic is found naturally in some foods, including fish and shellfish, and in waters and soils.

Inorganic arsenic is found in industrial materials and gets into water—including water used to submerge rice paddies.

Rice is easily inundated with weeds and other crops, but it has one advantage: It grows well in water. So farmers germinate the seeds, and when the seedlings are ready, plant them in wet soil. They then flood their fields, which suppresses weeds, but allows the rice to flourish. Rice readily absorbs the water and everything in it—including arsenic, either naturally occurring or not. Most of the world’s rice is grown this way.

“What happens in rice, because of complex biogeochemical processes in the soil, when temperatures and CO2 go up, inorganic arsenic also does,” Ziska said. “And it’s this inorganic arsenic that poses the greatest health risk.”

If I’m understanding correctly, the risk is from flooding the fields with contaminated water

A farm that relies on flooding the field with rain from a rainy season should be unaffected? Or minorly affected, right?

We’re the Russians standing in bread lines, now…

Bpii Mai Thai

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Yes.

My wife is Thai. I knew Thai New Year was here but it still caught me off guard when she wished me a Happy New Year this morning.

If you mean quit as in actively deciding “I quit”, no. I definitely go days without checking in though. Usually because life gets in the way. And I’ve definitely been less active since the US election.

I don’t know why this is being downvoted.

Because the circumstances of Khashoggi’s death were entirely different?

…nobody can afford to eat 50 eggs

FTFY

Which part confused you? I’m happy to help you understand if you like.

lol - I’m not the one who deleted and replaced my entire comment.

I purposely left the part you complained about so people could see the context.

And the point I made was it didn’t matter the difference in word choice. The original point still stands; “Coerce” or “convince”.

Coercing Convincing someone who doesn’t want the job is not a solution.