TY - JOUR

T1 - Inorganic arsenic levels in rice milk exceed EU and US drinking water standards

AU - Meharg, Andrew A.

AU - Deacon, Claire

AU - Campbell , Robert C. J.

AU - Carey, Anne Marie

AU - Carey, Anne-Marie

AU - Williams, Paul

AU - Feldmann, Jörg

AU - Raab, Andrea

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - Under EU legislation, total arsenic levels in drinking water should not exceed 10 μg l−1, while in the US this figure is set at 10 μg l−1 inorganic arsenic. All rice milk samples analysed in a supermarket survey (n = 19) would fail the EU limit with up to 3 times this concentration recorded, while out of the subset that had arsenic species determined (n = 15), 80% had inorganic arsenic levels above 10 μg l−1, with the remaining 3 samples approaching this value. It is a point for discussion whether rice milk is seen as a water substitute or as a food, there are no EU or US food standards highlighting the disparity between water and food regulations in this respect.

AB - Under EU legislation, total arsenic levels in drinking water should not exceed 10 μg l−1, while in the US this figure is set at 10 μg l−1 inorganic arsenic. All rice milk samples analysed in a supermarket survey (n = 19) would fail the EU limit with up to 3 times this concentration recorded, while out of the subset that had arsenic species determined (n = 15), 80% had inorganic arsenic levels above 10 μg l−1, with the remaining 3 samples approaching this value. It is a point for discussion whether rice milk is seen as a water substitute or as a food, there are no EU or US food standards highlighting the disparity between water and food regulations in this respect.

U2 - 10.1039/B800981C

DO - 10.1039/B800981C

M3 - Journal article

VL - 10

SP - 428

EP - 431

JO - Journal of Environmental Monitoring

JF - Journal of Environmental Monitoring

SN - 1464-0325

IS - 4

ER -