Linear growth failure is the most common form of undernutrition globally. With an estimated
165 million children below 5 years of age affected, stunting has been identified as a major …

Background: Concerns for arsenic exposure are not limited to toxic waste sites and massive
poisoning events. Chronic exposure continues to be a major public health problem …

The metalloid arsenic is a natural environmental contaminant to which humans are routinely
exposed in food, water, air, and soil. Arsenic has a long history of use as a homicidal agent …

Background Exposure to arsenic is one of the major global health problems, affecting> 300
million people worldwide, but arsenic's effects on human reproduction are uncertain …

Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is ubiquitous in the environment as arsenite (AsIII) and arsenate
(AsV) compounds and biotransformation of these toxic chemicals leads to the extraordinary …

Background More than 200 million people worldwide are chronically exposed to arsenic.
Arsenic is a known human carcinogen, and its carcinogenic and systemic toxicity have been …

Arsenic (As) is a naturally occurring metalloid and Class-A human carcinogen. Exposure to
As via direct intake of As-contaminated water or ingestion of As-contaminated edible crops is …

Environmental toxicants can alter epigenetic regulatory features such as DNA methylation
and microRNA expression. As the sensitivity of epigenomic regulatory features may be …

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) assessed
the risks to human health related to the presence of arsenic in food. More than 100,000 …

Emerging data indicate that rice consumption may lead to potentially harmful arsenic
exposure. However, few human data are available, and virtually none exist for vulnerable …