High levels of arsenic in baby rice

I recently read that baby rice has high levels of arsenic!!! Oh my, I’ve been feeding my baby baby rice! Is that a concern?? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6298939/Dangerous-levels-arsenic-SEVEN-baby-rice-products.html

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Super Mum

All adult and baby rice will have some level of arsenic but it's more dangerous for babies than adults. Since our diet is mostly rice I think we do need to take some precautions. One way to reduce the amount of arsenic is by soaking the rice overnight in a lot of water and then discard the water next morning to cook rice or porridge. That's what I've been doing since I found out about the arsenic level

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