How to reduce Arsenic in rice?

Prolonged arsenic poisoning can, in turn, lead to thousands of avoidable premature deaths every year. The study also highlighted that the consumption of inorganic arsenic-bearing rice is a high-risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and mortality related to it. This is not the first time concerns about the arsenic in rice have come up. That most rice varieties, no matter where they grow in the world, have some amounts of arsenic in them has been common knowledge for decades.