Arsenic & rice /

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Author / Creator:Meharg, Andrew A., 1963-
Imprint:Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 171 p.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8873141
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Other authors / contributors:Zhao, Fang-Jie.
ISBN:9789400729476 (electronic bk.)
9400729472 (electronic bk.)
9789400729469
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Rice is the staple food for half of the world's population. Consumption of rice is the major exposure route globally to the class one, non-threshold carcinogen inorganic arsenic. This book explains the sources of arsenic to paddy soils and the biogeochemical processes and plant physiological attributes of paddy soil-rice ecosystems that lead to high concentrations of arsenic in rice grain. It presents the global pattern of arsenic concentration and speciation in rice, discusses human exposures to inorganic arsenic from rice and the resulting health risks. It also highlights particular populations that have the highest rice consumptions, which include Southern and South East Asians, weaning babies, gluten intolerance sufferers and those consuming rice milk. The book also presents the information of arsenic concentration and speciation in other major crops and outlines approaches for lowering arsenic in rice grain and in the human diet through agronomic management.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 171 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789400729476
9400729472
9789400729469