News tagged with inorganic arsenic
Arsenic exposure could increase diabetes risk
Aug 19, 2008 |
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Inorganic arsenic, commonly found in ground water in certain areas, may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study ...
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Rice grown in United States contains less-dangerous form of arsenic
May 19, 2008 |
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Rice grown in the United States may be safer than varieties from Asia and Europe, according to a new global study of the grain that feeds over half of humanity. The study evaluated levels of arsenic, which ...
Arsenic in rice milk exceeds EU and US drinking water standards
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Commercial rice milk contains levels of arsenic – a chronic human carcinogen – up to three times higher than EU and US drinking water standards, say researchers in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of ...
Arsenic found in infant rice cereal
May 01, 2008 |
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Researchers say one-third of infant rice cereal in Britain contains unsafe levels of arsenic.
Elevated arsenic levels reported in rice grown in South Central States
Mar 05, 2007 |
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The largest market basket survey of the arsenic content of rice grown in the United States has found elevated levels of arsenic in rice produced in the South Central part of the country, scientists report in an article scheduled ...
Water-stingy agriculture reduces arsenic in rice markedly
Jul 28, 2008 |
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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 ...
People vary widely in ability to eliminate arsenic from the body
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Large variations exist in peoples' ability to eliminate arsenic from the body, according to a new study that questions existing standards for evaluating the human health risks from the potentially toxic substance. ...
Arsenic in chicken feed may pose health risks to humans
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Pets may not be the only organisms endangered by some food additives. An arsenic-based additive used in chicken feed may pose health risks to humans who eat meat from chickens that are raised on the feed, according to an ...
Arsenic and Old Toenails: New research highlights environmental exposure to toxin
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Leicester and Nottingham have devised a method for identifying levels of exposure to environmental arsenic - by testing toenail clippings.
Arsenic and new rice
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Jun 10, 2008 |
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Amid recent reports of dangerous levels of arsenic being found in some baby rice products, scientists have found a protein in plants that could help to reduce the toxic content of crops grown in environments with high levels ...
Living sensor can warn of arsenic pollution
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Scientists studying arsenic pollution have discovered a living sensor that can spot contamination. They have also discovered new bacteria that can clean up arsenic spills even in previously untreatable cold areas, microbiologists ...
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