in high arsenic concentrations in cooked rice. The main objective of the study was to
estimate the total and inorganic arsenic intakes in a rural population of West Bengal, India,
through both drinking water and cooked rice. Simulated cooking of rice with different levels
of arsenic species in the cooking water was carried out. The presence of arsenic in the
cooking water was provided by four arsenic species (arsenite, arsenate, methylarsonate or …
Arsenic contamination of rice plants by arsenic-polluted irrigation groundwater could result
in high arsenic concentrations in cooked rice. The main objective of the study was to
estimate the total and inorganic arsenic intakes in a rural population of West Bengal, India,
through both drinking water and cooked rice. Simulated cooking of rice with different levels
of arsenic species in the cooking water was carried out. The presence of arsenic in the
cooking water was provided by four arsenic species (arsenite, arsenate, methylarsonate or …