Water-stingy agriculture reduces arsenic in rice markedly

A new farming method first developed to conserve precious irrigation water may have the added benefit of producing rice containing much less arsenic than rice grown using traditional rice-farming methods, researchers in the United Kingdom report. Their study is scheduled for the August 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news136477337.html">Water-stingy agriculture reduces arsenic in rice markedly</a></p> <p>A new farming method first developed to conserve precious irrigation water may have the added benefit of producing rice containing much less arsenic than rice grown using traditional rice-farming methods, researchers in the United Kingdom report. Their study is scheduled for the August 1 issue of ACS' <i>Environmental Science & Technology</i>.</p>