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.
Improvement in crop production form, a simple and safe procedure, has become common among rice farmers in the Philippines, but apparently not elsewhere (IRRI i975 b). This apart, improved cultivation and weeding with light machines or by hand appears to remain the only remedy.