Claudia Cascio, Andrea Raab, Richard O. Jenkins, Jörg Feldmann et al.
Rice is elevated in arsenic (As) compared to other staple grains. The Bangladeshi community living in the United Kingdom (UK) has a ca. 30-fold higher consumption of rice than white Caucasians. In order to assess the impact of this difference in rice consumption, urinary arsenicals of 49 volunteers ...
Andrew A. Meharg, Paul N. Williams, Claire Deacon, Gareth J. Norton et al.
Patterns of arsenic excretion were followed in a cohort (n = 6) eating a defined rice diet, 300 g per day d.wt. where arsenic speciation was characterized in cooked rice, following a period of abstinence from rice, and other high arsenic containing foods. A control group who did not consume rice wer...
Claudia Cascio, Abdul Wahid Mulla, R. Vanker, Jörg Feldmann et al.
Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS) was used to monitor urinary selenium, copper and zinc in a group of Bangladeshi (n=54), Indian (n=25), Pakistani (n=21), and White Caucasian (n=23) volunteers living in the UK. The most striking findings were far higher urinary copper levels (P...
Claudia Lo Cascio
Arsenic (As) is a carcinogenic agent that is present in varying levels in environmental matrices including water and food. Long term As exposure can lead to skin lesions, peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, renal system effects and cardiovascular diseases. Bio-monitoring of human urine, toenail, serum ...
Claudia Cascio, Andrea Raab, R. O. Jenkins, Jörg Feldmann et al.