Abstract
Under EU legislation, total arsenic levels in drinking water should not exceed 10 μg l , while in the US this figure is set at 10 μg l inorganic arsenic. All rice milk samples analysed in a supermarket survey (n = 19) would fail the EU limit with up to 3 times this concentration recorded, while out of the subset that had arsenic species determined (n = 15), 80% had inorganic arsenic levels above 10 μg l , with the remaining 3 samples approaching this value. It is a point for discussion whether rice milk is seen as a water substitute or as a food, there are no EU or US food standards highlighting the disparity between water and food regulations in this respect. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 428-431 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Monitoring |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 7 Mar 2008 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Mar 2008 |
Keywords
- risk-assessment
- dietary exposure
- speciation
- seafood
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Discovery of rice as the major dietary source of inorganic arsenic
Andrew Alexander Meharg (Coordinator)
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