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Keeping toxic cadmium out of the food chain

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The discovery of a natural variation in an ancient rice variety shows the way to reduce the harmful element cadmium in a key food without sacrificing yield and concentrations of other essential nutrients.

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Fig. 1: Rice being harvested in Hunan Province, China.

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