People of two Telugu states Telangana and Andhra Pradesh got huge shock when rumours of plastic rice spread thick and fast. With some people complaining that they fell sick following the consumption of plastic rice, many got scared of having rice. 


Though the government authorities issued statements that the rumours are mere lies, people are in no mood to believe them. Now many are wondering what is all this fuss about the plastic rice and are people really consuming plastic rice. 


For quite sometime rumours of plastic rice supplied from china came out. However scientists after testing the rice found that those rumurs are uncalled for. rumours spread in India after the Kerala media telecasted series of reports demonstrating cooking of the rice to prove it was plastic by burning the layer formed on the cooked rice. 

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On testing the rice in the lab, they found that the rice didnot consist any plastic, polymer or polyvinyl. Senior scientist with the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) V. Sudarshan says “There is no way of consuming plastic. The reports spreading over social media on plastic rice are false. There is no way you can manufacture rice with plastic,” 


Nigerian government on Dec 24,2016 released research reports on plastic rice which also found that the rice was not plastic. Rumours of plastic rice from China sold in India and the videos showing such rice, however turned out to be false as the so called plastic rice greainst were made for demonstration. 


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