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Variation in rice cadmium related to human exposure.
Environmental science & technology - 4 Jun 2013
Meharg Andrew A, Norton Gareth, Deacon Claire, Williams Paul, Adomako Eureka E, Price Adam, Zhu Yongguan, Li Gang, Zhao Fang-Jie, McGrath Steve, Villada Antia, Sommella Alessia, De Silva P Mangala C S, Brammer Hugh, Dasgupta Tapash, Islam M Rafiqul
Abstract excerpt
Cereal grains are the dominant source of cadmium in the human diet, with rice being to the fore. Here we explore the effect of geographic, genetic, and processing (milling) factors on rice grain cadmium and rice consumption rates that lead to dietary variance in cadmium intake. From a survey of 12 countries on four continents, cadmium levels in rice grain were the highest in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, with both...
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