The Claim
Among six widely produced rice cultivars in Türkiye, the variety with the highest contamination levels contained arsenic at 64.9 μg/kg, cadmium at 1.3 μg/kg, aluminum at 2476.7 μg/kg, and copper at 3185.2 μg/kg in dry weight, and heavy metal accumulation varied significantly across these cultivars.
What the research says
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Different types of rice grown in Türkiye contain different amounts of heavy metals, with one variety having the highest levels of arsenic, cadmium, aluminum, and copper.
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Among six widely produced rice cultivars in Türkiye, the most contaminated variety contained arsenic at 64.9 μg/kg, cadmium at 1.3 μg/kg, aluminum at 2476.7 μg/kg, and copper at 3185.2 μg/kg in dry weight, indicating significant variation in heavy metal accumulation across domestic rice varieties.
Different rice plants have different versions of proteins in their roots that control which metals get pulled from the soil into the plant. Some versions let in more arsenic, cadmium, aluminum, and copper, while others block them better. This causes some rice varieties to store much higher levels of these metals than others.
What the research says
1 studyScientists tested six types of rice grown in Turkey and found that one type had much higher levels of harmful metals like arsenic and aluminum than the others, proving that not all rice is the same in terms of contamination.
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