Our most recent testing and analysis gave us some new information on the risk of arsenic exposure in infants and children through rice cereal and other rice products. We looked at ...
There are headlines everywhere today about a study by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, which included some worrying figures about the levels of arsenic found in baby rice and rice cakes ...
So when Trust Me came across headlines claiming that levels of arsenic in rice could be worrying, we wanted to find out more about it – is arsenic really a problem in rice? And if so ...
Rice is the most widely consumed staple food source for a large part of the world’s population. It has now been confirmed that rice can contribute to prolonged low-level arsenic exposure leading to ...
Pathways of arsenic transfer towards the food chain. Another main entry route of iAs is through food, such as rice, as produced in most Asian countries. Rice is a very thirsty crop that grows in ...
Dry-season rice production in Bangladesh relies heavily on irrigation with arsenic-contaminated water, and the addition of large quantities of arsenic to arable soils each year could potentially ...
We’re currently working on quantifying the health risks arising both indirectly and directly from groundwater use in India and elsewhere, demonstrating an association between deaths from ...
Lay the foundations for breeding high nutritional value/low arsenic content rice and develop cultivation technology Bangladesh is one of the world’s leading growers and consumers of rice. This means ...