Current opinion on the role of post-harvesting and cooking on arsenic mobility in rice grain, its surmounting risk towards human and domestic livestock with sustained management

Chowdhury, Nilanjana Roy (author): School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India

Joardar, Madhurima (author): School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India

Das, Antara (author): School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India

Roychowdhury, Tarit (author): School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India

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Elsevier BV, 2024
2024
English.
In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health. - : Elsevier BV. - 2468-5844. ; 38

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Abstract Subject headings

Arsenic (As) contamination in paddy and consequently the dietary system is an emerging global threat to human health. The harvesting, post-harvesting and cooking procedures of rice in Bengal delta further involves the use of As tainted groundwater which results in a concomitant increase of As levels in sunned, parboiled, and cooked grains, respectively. Inorganic arsenic (iAs) causing potential health risks is therefore high (appx. 90 %) due to the daily rice consumption. This study sheds light on higher As accumulation, distribution and assimilation during parboiling (24 %) and cooking processes (34 %) using As-tainted water, culminating additional As burden in cooked rice. Rice grain mediated health risk has displayed a concern level of 5 according to “Severity Adjusted Margin of Exposure” value. This study also takes heed of the domestic livestock exposed to As toxicity through contaminated fodder, resulting in contaminated animal by-products which initiates further longer lasting deleterious impacts on the society.

By the author/editor: Chowdhury, Nilan ...; Joardar, Madhuri ...; Das, Antara; Bhattacharya, Pr ...; Roychowdhury, Ta ...

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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES: AGRICULTURAL SCI ...; and Agriculture Fore ...; and Food Science

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