Arsenic and rice

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Meharg, A. A. and Zhao, F-J. 2012. Arsenic and rice. Springer, Dordrecht.

AuthorsMeharg, A. A. and Zhao, F-J.
Abstract

Rice is the staple food for half of the world’s population. Consumption of rice is the major exposure route globally to the class one, non-threshold carcinogen inorganic arsenic. This book explains the sources of arsenic to paddy soils and the biogeochemical processes and plant physiological attributes of paddy soil-rice ecosystems that lead to high concentrations of arsenic in rice grain. It presents the global pattern of arsenic concentration and speciation in rice, discusses human exposures to inorganic arsenic from rice and the resulting health risks. It also highlights particular populations that have the highest rice consumptions, which include Southern and South East Asians, weaning babies, gluten intolerance sufferers and those consuming rice milk. The book also presents the information of arsenic concentration and speciation in other major crops and outlines approaches for lowering arsenic in rice grain and in the human diet through agronomic management.

ISBN9789400729469
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2947-6
Funder project or codeSEF
Trace element dynamics in soils and plant uptake
NIP aquaporins: New tools to reduce rice arsenic accumulation
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Year of Publication2012
PublisherSpringer, Dordrecht
Output statusPublished
Copyright licensePublisher copyright
Page range171pp

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