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Chiang Mai tests aquatic life and produce after Kok River arsenic contamination; residents warned against using river water.
New research found that brown rice has more arsenic, a potentially harmful heavy metal, than white rice. Experts explain the ...
Global warming and rising carbon dioxide are creating a toxic combination in the world’s most essential grain.
Researchers stated that an increase in temperatures above 2 degrees combined with a rise in carbon dioxide, can alter the ...
A study found that the combination of high temperatures and carbon dioxide raised the amount of arsenic in rice grains. Researchers estimated future disease risks in seven of the highest ...
Climate change may increase arsenic levels in rice by 2050, raising cancer and health risks in Asian countries.
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.
PASIR MAS, April 20 (Bernama) -- Residents and traders in Rantau Panjang have expressed hope that the flood mitigation project in the area will be expedited, as the risk of recurring annual floods ...
New Delhi: Climate change could be resulting in higher levels of arsenic in rice, potentially increasing lifetime cancer and health risks for people in Asian countries by 2050, according to a new ...
Many of those hit hardest were in known flood-risk areas where projects to fix or mitigate the risks have been promised but not fully acted on. Benjamin Chevre from Mt Albert’s Little French ...
SIR Keir Starmer has held “productive” trade talks with Donald Trump in the race to mitigate punishing US tariffs. The PM spoke to the US President for the first time since he imposed the ...