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Published online 2 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050801-5
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US rice may carry an arsenic burden
Legacy of cotton pesticides might be poisoning crops.
Rice grown in the United States contains an average of 1.4 to 5 times more arsenic than rice from Europe, India and Bangladesh, according to a survey of grains from around the world.
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