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Inorganic arsenic levels in baby rice are of concern. / Meharg, Andrew A.; Sun, Guoxin; Williams, Paul et al.
In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 152, No. 3, 2008, p. 746-749.

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Meharg, AA, Sun, G, Williams, P, Adomako, E, Deacon, C, Zhu, Y-G, Feldmann, J & Raab, A 2008, 'Inorganic arsenic levels in baby rice are of concern', Environmental Pollution, vol. 152, no. 3, pp. 746-749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.043

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Meharg, A. A., Sun, G., Williams, P., Adomako, E., Deacon, C., Zhu, Y-G., Feldmann, J., & Raab, A. (2008). Inorganic arsenic levels in baby rice are of concern. Environmental Pollution, 152(3), 746-749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.043

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Meharg AA, Sun G, Williams P, Adomako E, Deacon C, Zhu Y-G et al. Inorganic arsenic levels in baby rice are of concern. Environmental Pollution. 2008;152(3):746-749. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.043

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Meharg, Andrew A. ; Sun, Guoxin ; Williams, Paul et al. / Inorganic arsenic levels in baby rice are of concern. In: Environmental Pollution. 2008 ; Vol. 152, No. 3. pp. 746-749.

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title = "Inorganic arsenic levels in baby rice are of concern",
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 μg/kg/d) was higher than drinking water maximum exposures predicted for adults in these regions when water intake was expressed on a bodyweight basis.",
author = "Meharg, {Andrew A.} and Guoxin Sun and Paul Williams and Eureka Adomako and Claire Deacon and Yong-Guan Zhu and Joerg Feldmann and Andrea Raab",
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AU - Meharg, Andrew A.

AU - Sun, Guoxin

AU - Williams, Paul

AU - Adomako, Eureka

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AU - Zhu, Yong-Guan

AU - Feldmann, Joerg

AU - Raab, Andrea

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AB - 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 μg/kg/d) was higher than drinking water maximum exposures predicted for adults in these regions when water intake was expressed on a bodyweight basis.

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