The new detection methods are not only reliable and accurate – they are also highly portable and simple enough to be used ...

Rice, the lifeblood of Indian cuisine, is now under threat. A recent international study published in The Lancet Planetary ...

The main environmental sources of arsenic are volcanoes and the erosion of mineral deposits. This can contaminate groundwater sources, as happened in Bangladesh where the building of tube wells ...

Climate change may increase arsenic levels in rice by 2050, raising cancer and health risks in Asian countries.

Rice is a staple food for billions of people around the planet, but a new study suggests climate change may increase arsenic ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.

Rising temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been linked to increased concentrations of ...

The study by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, in New York, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that increased temperatures above two degrees, coupled with rising carbon ...