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 ...

This confirms the concerns of those who wash their rice before cooking and throw away the leftover water due to fears about ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has now been confirmed that rice can contribute to prolonged low-level arsenic exposure leading to thousands of avoidable premature deaths per year. Arsenic is well known acute poison, but it can ...

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 ...

Our research also highlights the importance of rice as an exposure route for inorganic arsenic. It shows the link between the consumption of higher arsenic rice as a staple in people's diet and ...

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 ...