Rice is the leading staple food for more than half of the world's population, and
approximately 160 million hectares of agricultural area worldwide are under rice cultivation …

Rice is one of the principal staple foods, essential for safeguarding the global food and
nutritional security, but due to different natural and anthropogenic sources, it also acts as …

Rice is a worldwide staple food and heavy metal contamination is often reported in rice
production. Heavy metal can originate from natural sources or be present through …

Abstract Major contribution (over 90%) to the world's rice production is coming from Asia,
where metal contamination of agricultural lands is often reported. Thus the present paper …

Cadmium (Cd) has been identified as one of the major heavy metals reaching the food chain
through various geogenic and anthropogenic activities. In many East and South Asian …

Rice is one of the most important staple foods worldwide. Soil contamination with heavy
metals and food safety problems occur in many countries as a result of numerous human …

Abstract Background Arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) are two toxic elements that have a
relatively high risk of transfer from paddy soil to rice grain. Rice is a major dietary source of …

Farmland soil heavy metal contamination could pose potential risks to ecosystems, food
safety and human health ultimately. Regional researches on the long-term monitoring of …

Trace elements (TEs) contamination of agricultural soils requires suitable criteria for
regulating their toxicity limits in soil and food crops, which depends on their potential …

Cadmium (Cd) contamination in paddy fields is a serious health concern because of its high
toxicity and widespread pollution. Recently, much progress has been made in elucidating …