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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Main Authors:	Courtney C. Carignan, Tracy Punshon, Margaret R. Karagas, Kathryn L. Cottingham
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Levy Library Press 2016-06-01
Series:	Annals of Global Health
Subjects:	arsenic environmental exposure infant formula rice cereal
Online Access:	https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1182

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spelling	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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author	Courtney C. Carignan Tracy Punshon Margaret R. Karagas Kathryn L. Cottingham
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title	Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal
title_short	Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal
title_full	Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal
title_fullStr	Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal
title_full_unstemmed	Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal
title_sort	potential exposure to arsenic from infant rice cereal
publisher	Levy Library Press
series	Annals of Global Health
issn	2214-9996
publishDate	2016-06-01
description	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.
topic	arsenic environmental exposure infant formula rice cereal
url	https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1182
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Potential Exposure to Arsenic from Infant Rice Cereal

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