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Embedded health risk from arsenic in globally traded rice
| dc.contributor.author | Nunes, Luís | |
| dc.contributor.author | Li, Gang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chen, Wei-Qiang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meharg, Andrew A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | O’Connor, Patrick | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zhu, Yong-Guan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-09T10:44:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-01T00:30:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | International food trade is fundamental to globalfood security but with often negative consequences in theproducing country. We propose a method of quantifyingflows ofinorganic arsenic (iAs) and embedded increased lifetime cancerrisks (EHR) at a global scale, where negative impacts are felt onthe importing country. Computations were made for 153countries. Vietnam exports the most iAs embedded in rice (796kg/year) followed by India (788 kg/year), Thailand (485 kg/year),and the United States (323 kg/year). We show that continentalChina, Indonesia, and Malaysia have the highest imports of iAs(292, 174, and 123 kg/year, respectively). Bangladesh rankshighest in EHR followed by Vietnam and Cambodia (150, 141, and 111 per 100,000, respectively). Countries that dependexclusively on imported rice are importing a substantial amount of risk, as, e.g., Kiribati and Solomon Islands (57 and 53 per100,000, respectively). We discuss the potential policy options for reducing population dietary health risks by well-balancedapportioning of rice sources. This study targets policy design solutions based on health gains, rather than on safe levels of the riskfactor alone. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/acs.est.1c08238 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0013-936X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18482 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | American Chemical Society | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Rice | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Arsenic | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Embedded health risks | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | International trade | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Embedded health risk from arsenic in globally traded rice | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 6425 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 10 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 6415 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Environmental Science & Technology | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 56 | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Nunes | |
| person.givenName | Luís | |
| person.identifier | 93800 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 3112-1FCD-6685 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-5606-970X | |
| person.identifier.rid | M-4647-2013 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7102529511 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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