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Menon et al., 2024. A comparison of the effects of two cooking methods on arsenic species and nutrient elements in rice. Science of Total Environment. 914: 169653 (OPEN ACCESS)
Menon et al. 2021. Essential nutrient element profiles in rice types: a risk–benefit assessment including inorganic arsenic. British Journal of Nutrition 1-15
Mishra et al. 2021. Living with arsenic in the environment: An examination of current awareness of farmers in the Bengal basin using hybrid feature selection and machine learning (OPEN ACCESS)
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Media Highlights
1. How climate change could affect arsenic in rice? (BBC)
2. Brown rice has more arsenic than white. Is it still the better choice? (Washington Post)
3. How arsenic-polluted water is turning rice into a toxic staple (Telegraph)
4. Tot rice poison warning (Daily Star) (only in print)
5. Arsenic in kid rice (The Sun) (only in print)
6. How to remove arsenic from rice when cooking: Experts reveal the best way to filter out the natural toxin without losing mineral nutrients (MailOnline)
7. Here’s how you can cook rice without losing out on nutrients and removing arsenic (Times of India)
8. Arsenic in water putting around 32 per cent of global population at risk of serious health risks: Research (Times of India).
9. Food poison: How arsenic-polluted water is turning rice into a toxic staple (The New Zealand Herald).
10. 32% of the world's population in danger from consuming water with too much arsenic (USA News)
Websites
1. https://patient.info/news-and-features/cows-milk-allergy-what-alternative-milks-can-babies-have
2. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2113071118https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/05/researchers-find-arsenic-in-rice-risk-for-uk-infants/
5. https://infosurhoy.com/news/half-of-rice-sold-in-the-uk-breaches-limits-on-arsenic-for-children/
8. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-uk-rice-breaches-limits-arsenic.html
10. https://amedpost.com/half-of-rice-sold-in-the-uk-breaches-limits-on-arsenic-for-children/
12. https://www.slashgear.com/study-calls-for-warning-labels-on-rice-over-risky-arsenic-levels-02619044/
13. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/uos-hou050120.php
Websites
5. https://drbenkim.com/cook-rice-decrease-trace-arsenic.htm
8. https://drjoannchildspecialist.com/urinary-tract-infection-in-children-2/
9. https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20201114-improved-rice-cooking-approach/
11. https://evidence-based-living.com/which-is-the-better-rice-to-cook-brown-or-white/
12. https://kids.kiddle.co/Parboiled_rice
14. https://fanaticcook.com/2020/11/04/parboiled-rice-removes-arsenic-retains-nutrients/
15. https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/best-way-to-cook-rice
16. https://foodrevolution.org/blog/arsenic-in-rice/
17. https://www.tinyhealth.com/blog/why-parents-are-worried-about-arsenic-in-baby-food
18. https://glennsabin.com/more-nutritious-brown-rice-less-arsenic/
19. https://www.verywellhealth.com/rice-arsenic-and-the-gluten-free-diet-4135181
21. https://gardentogriddle.com/removing-arsenic-when-cooking-rice/
24. https://nextshark.com/cook-rice-remove-arsenic-study
25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic
26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parboiled_rice
Youtube videos made based on the paper
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jeuNcnF6DmM