Abstract
Inorganic arsenic is a chronic exposure carcinogen. Analysis of UK baby rice revealed a median inorganic arsenic content (n = 17) of 0.11 mg/kg. By plotting inorganic arsenic against total arsenic, it was found that inorganic concentrations increased linearly up to 0.25 mg/kg total arsenic, then plateaued at 0.16 mg/kg at higher total arsenic concentrations. Inorganic arsenic intake by babies (4-12 months) was considered with respect to current dietary ingestion regulations. It was found that 35% of the baby rice samples analysed would be illegal for sale in China which has regulatory limit of 0.15 mg/kg inorganic arsenic. EU and US food regulations on arsenic are non-existent. When baby inorganic arsenic intake from rice was considered, median consumption (expressed as mu g/kg/d) was higher than drinking water maximum exposures predicted for adults in these regions when water intake was expressed on a bodyweight basis. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 746-749 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Environmental Pollution |
| Volume | 152 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 12 Mar 2008 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2008 |
Keywords
- arsenic
- baby rice
- food regulations
- dietary exposure
- risk-assessment
- Bangladesh
- speciation
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Discovery of rice as the major dietary source of inorganic arsenic
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