Rice absorbs arsenic...


	Rice absorbs arsenic...

aklimento

7-14-2008 9:13 PM

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aklimento says:

I thought Napoleon was only one of few victims of arsenic poisoning...

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7-15-2008 12:19 AM

einbar

Interesting thanks aklimento

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                                        Experts detail how rice absorbs so much arsenic                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080714/sc_nm/rice_arsenic_dc_1"><P>
                        HONG KONG (Reuters) - 
Scientists in Japan may have 
discovered why rice absorbs so much arsenic from the soil, 
paving the way for fresh efforts to block the potentially 
harmful element from Asia's staple food.                        
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 Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment and was used in 
small amounts in the past to cure diseases like <SPAN id="lw_1216070151_1" class="yshortcuts">syphilis</SPAN>. But 
prolonged exposure to arsenic, like in drinking water, has been 
linked to cancers of the lung, bladder and skin, numbness, 
cardiovascular disease and <SPAN id="lw_1216070151_2" class="yshortcuts">diabetes</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080714/sc_nm/rice_arsenic_dc_1"><P>
 <SPAN id="lw_1216070151_3" class="yshortcuts">Arsenic poisoning</SPAN> is especially serious in places such as 
Bangladesh and West Bengal in <SPAN id="lw_1216070151_4" class="yshortcuts">India</SPAN>, where arsenic-contaminated 
groundwater is used for irrigating rice crops, resulting in 
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have to try to change the selectivity, to allow silicon to be 
transported but not arsenic. That's what we have to do in 
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