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Arsenic & Rice

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Andrew A. Meharg

    1. Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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  2. Fang-Jie Zhao

    1. Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom

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  • The first book on arsenic and rice, written by the leading experts in this field
  • Highlights an emerging major issue for human diets
  • Integrates state-of-the-art biogeochemical and physiological understanding of the soil-plant continuum with respect to arsenic.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 1-9

  3. Arsenic in Rice Grain

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 11-30

  4. Risk from Arsenic in Rice Grain

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 31-50

  5. Sources and Losses of Arsenic to Paddy Fields

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 51-69

  6. Biogeochemistry of Arsenic in Paddy Environments

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 71-101

  7. The Physiology of Arsenic in Rice

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 103-138

  8. Strategies for Producing Low Arsenic Rice

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 139-151

  9. Arsenic in Other Crops

    • Andrew A. Meharg, Fang-Jie Zhao
    Pages 153-166

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 167-171
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    Andrew A. Meharg

  • Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom

    Fang-Jie Zhao

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