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Identification of low inorganic and total grain arsenic rice cultivars from Bangladesh.
Environmental science & technology - 1 Aug 2009
Norton Gareth J, Islam M Rafiqul, Deacon Claire M, Zhao Fang-Jie, Stroud Jacqueline L, McGrath Steve P, Islam Shofiqul, Jahiruddin M, Feldmann Joerg, Price Adam H, Meharg Andrew A
Abstract excerpt
For the world's population, rice consumption is a major source of inorganic arsenic (As), a nonthreshold class 1 carcinogen. Reducing the amount of total and inorganic As within the rice grain would reduce the exposure risk. In this study, grain As was measured in 76 cultivars consisting of Bangladeshi landraces, improved Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) cultivars, and parents of permanent mapping...
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