Dietary arsenic exposure in Brazil: The contribution of rice and beans
| Autor: | Virginia S.T. Ciminelli, Massimo Gasparon, Gabriela Cordeiro Silva, Jack C. Ng, Claudia L. Caldeira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Environmental Engineering
Acceptable daily intake food.ingredient Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Food Contamination 010501 environmental sciences Biology 01 natural sciences World health Arsenic Toxicology food Humans Environmental Chemistry Food science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Exposure assessment Phaseolus Health risk assessment business.industry Dietary Arsenic Food additive digestive oral and skin physiology 010401 analytical chemistry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health food and beverages Agriculture Oryza Staple food Environmental Exposure General Medicine General Chemistry Pollution Diet 0104 chemical sciences business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 168:996-1003 |
| ISSN: | 0045-6535 |
| Popis: | The human health risk associated with arsenic in food in Southeast Brazil was quantified. Based on the most commonly consumed food types in the Brazilian diet, the maximum inorganic As (iAs) daily intake from food (0.255 μg kg−1 body weight per day) is approximately 9% of the Benchmark Dose Lower Limit (BMDL0.5) of 3 μg kg−1 body weight per day set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee in Food Additives (JECFA). When water is included, the contribution of food to the total intake varies from 96.9% to 39.7%. Rice and beans, the main Brazilian staple food, contribute between 67 and 90% of the total As intake from food (46–79% from rice and 11–23% from beans). The substantial contribution of beans to total As food intake is reported for the first time. The broad range of As concentrations in rice and beans highlights the variable and potentially large contribution of both to As food intake in places where diet consists largely of these two food categories. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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