Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal
Background: Rice is known to be high in arsenic, including in infant rice cereal. Although arsenic in drinking water is currently regulated, there are currently no US regulations regarding arsenic concentrations in food. Objective: We used published values to estimate arsenic exposure via rice cerea...
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doaj-b3c3197f34c24c8c8db5791d1d1e952e2020-11-24T22:13:49ZengLevy Library PressAnnals of Global Health2214-99962016-06-0182122122410.1016/j.aogh.2016.01.0201092Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice CerealCourtney C. Carignan0Tracy Punshon1Margaret R. Karagas2Kathryn L. Cottingham3Children's Environmental Health & Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH;Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH;Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MAChildren's Environmental Health & Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH;Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NHChildren's Environmental Health & Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH;Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NHChildren's Environmental Health & Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH;Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NHBackground: Rice is known to be high in arsenic, including in infant rice cereal. Although arsenic in drinking water is currently regulated, there are currently no US regulations regarding arsenic concentrations in food. Objective: We used published values to estimate arsenic exposure via rice cereal relative to <a title="Learn more about Human Milk" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/human-milk">breast milk</a>or formula for 6- to 12-month-old infants in the general US population. Results: We found that arsenic exposure from 3 servings of rice cereal exceeded that of formula made with water containing arsenic at 10 μg/L, the US Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that rice cereal can markedly increase arsenic exposure among US infants relative to breast milk and formula.https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1182arsenicenvironmental exposureinfant formularice cereal |
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Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal |
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Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal |
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Background: Rice is known to be high in arsenic, including in infant rice cereal. Although arsenic in drinking water is currently regulated, there are currently no US regulations regarding arsenic concentrations in food. Objective: We used published values to estimate arsenic exposure via rice cereal relative to <a title="Learn more about Human Milk" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/human-milk">breast milk</a>or formula for 6- to 12-month-old infants in the general US population. Results: We found that arsenic exposure from 3 servings of rice cereal exceeded that of formula made with water containing arsenic at 10 μg/L, the US Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that rice cereal can markedly increase arsenic exposure among US infants relative to breast milk and formula. |
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