{"id":499,"date":"2017-05-15T15:06:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/?p=499"},"modified":"2017-05-17T17:24:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T21:24:59","slug":"arsenic-in-infant-rice-products-exceeds-maximum-eu-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/2017\/05\/15\/arsenic-in-infant-rice-products-exceeds-maximum-eu-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenic in infant rice products exceeds EU maximum levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-505 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/05\/signes-pastor-1-580x387.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Eli Burakian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A study led by Dr. Antonio Signes-Pastor, a postdoctoral fellow in the Epidemiology Department, found arsenic levels above the European Union maximum level of .1 mg\/kg in almost three-quarters of rice-based foods marketed to infants and young children in the EU. The study also found that infants' urinary As metabolites were correlated with formula feeding and consumption of rice-based products.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/may\/04\/inorganic-arsenic-rice-cakes-babies-queens-university-belfast\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/may\/04\/inorganic-arsenic-rice-cakes-babies-queens-university-belfast<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/behindtheheadlines\/news\/2017-05-05-concerns-about-alleged-harmful-arsenic-levels-in-baby-rice-cakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/behindtheheadlines\/news\/2017-05-05-concerns-about-alleged-harmful-arsenic-levels-in-baby-rice-cakes\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/05\/170504161538.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/05\/170504161538.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study led by Dr. Antonio Signes-Pastor, a postdoctoral fellow in the Epidemiology Department, found arsenic levels above the European Union maximum level of .1 mg\/kg in almost three-quarters of rice-based foods marketed to infants and young children in the EU. The study also found that infants&#8217; urinary As metabolites [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/2017\/05\/15\/arsenic-in-infant-rice-products-exceeds-maximum-eu-levels\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","author-31"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paQAoO-83","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/epidemiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}