TY - BOOK ID - 7837583 TI - Arsenic & rice AU - Meharg, Andrew A. AU - Zhao, F. J. PY - 2012 SN - 9400796552 9400729464 9786613697691 9400729472 1280787309 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Arsenic -- toxicity. KW - Arsenic -- Toxicology. KW - Ecotoxicology. KW - Oryza sativa. KW - Agriculture KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Agriculture - General KW - Plant Sciences KW - Rice. KW - Arsenic. KW - Lowland paddy KW - Lowland rice KW - Oryza sativa KW - Paddy (Plant) KW - Padi KW - Palay KW - Life sciences. KW - Geobiology. KW - Agriculture. KW - Plant physiology. KW - Environmental chemistry. KW - Environmental management. KW - Soil science. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Plant Physiology. KW - Biogeosciences. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Environmental Chemistry. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Group 15 elements KW - Native element minerals KW - Nonmetals KW - Oryza KW - Conservation of soil KW - Erosion control, Soil KW - Soil erosion KW - Soil erosion control KW - Soils KW - Agricultural conservation KW - Soil management KW - Chemistry, Environmental KW - Chemistry KW - Ecology KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Botany KW - Plants KW - Physiology KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Control KW - Prevention KW - Conservation KW - Pedology (Soil science) KW - Earth sciences KW - Biology KW - Biosphere UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7837583 AB - 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. ER -