Rice is a staple food for billions of people around the planet, but a new study suggests climate change may increase arsenic ...

When soil in a rice paddy is waterlogged, oxygen gets depleted, causing the soil bacteria to rely further on arsenic to generate energy. The end result is more arsenic building up in the rice ...

Climate change may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, a staple food for ... likely due to climate-related changes in soil chemistry that favor arsenic that can more easily be absorbed ...