Environmental Chemistry
The field of environmental chemistry is constantly changing, with new discoveries being made all the time. The availability of new and more sensitive instruments in analytical science is enabling the detection of smaller and smaller concentrations of pollutants in the environmen…
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 …
Arsenic & Rice
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 …
Annotation This title examines the global pattern of arsenic concentration and speciation in rice, discusses human exposures to inorganic arsenic and the resulting health risks. It outlines approaches for lowering arsenic in the human diet through agronomic management.