Journal article
Arsenic speciation in australian-grown and imported rice on sale in Australia: Implications for human health risk
MA Rahman, MM Rahman, SM Reichman, RP Lim, R Naidu
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1021/jf501077w
Abstract
Rice is an important route of arsenic (As) exposure to humans, especially populations with rice-based diets. Human health risk of As varies greatly with rice variety and country of origin. The purpose of the present study was to determine total and speciated As in Australian-grown and imported rice on sale in Australia to assess their health risk to consumers. The total As (tAs) concentrations in Australian-grown organic brown, medium grain brown, and organic white rice were 438 ± 23, 287 ± 03, and 283 ± 18 μg kg-1 dry weight (d wt), respectively. In Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, and Thai rice imported and on sale in Australia, tAs concentrations were 56 ± 05, 92 ± 10, 82 ± 06 and 172 ± 24..
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Awarded by Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC-CARE), Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), for financial support to MAR. We further acknowledge the Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia (Supported Researcher Fund Scheme), for providing funds to M.M.R. to carry out this research. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC-CARE project 3.1.3.11/12), Australia.