BEIJING—Rice is the staff of life for 3 billion people, predominantly in Asia. But does the food that sustains half of humanity also increase the risk of cancer for some? That question arises from three sets of findings—including data now in press—that report elevated arsenic levels in rice and products such as rice bran and rice crackers.
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Richard Stone (2008) studied this question.