Research Article
Total Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead Determination in Brazilian Rice Samples Using ICP-MS
Table 7
Concentrations of total arsenic, cadmium, and lead in rice consumed by the population of various countries, reported in the literature.
| Country | Element concentration (mg kg−1) | Reference | As | Cd | Pb |
| China | 0.080 | 0.037 | 0.060 | [29] | 0.336 | 0.312 | 0.022 | [30] | — | 0.15 | — | [31] | — | — | 0.034–0.076 | [32] |
| Bangladesh | 0.32 | — | — | [33] | 0.321 | 0.088 | 0.713 | [34] |
| India | 0.051 | 0.019 | 2.277 | [35] |
| Iran | — | <0.015 | 0.320 | [36] | 0.121 | — | — | [37] | 0.065 | — | — | [38] |
| United Kingdom | 0.187 | — | — | [39] | 0.124 (polished) | — | — | [40] | 0.205 (brown) |
| Spain | 0.1695 | — | — | [41] |
| Italy | 0.18–0.28 | 0.01–0.08 | — | [42] |
| Thailand | 0.139–0.239 | — | — | [43] |
| Japan | 0.032–0.239 | 0.013–0.043 | — | [44] |
| Turkey | 0.0985 | 0.314 | — | [45] |
| Greece | 0.042–0.271 | — | — | [46] |
| Jamaica | 0.11–0.165 | <0.040–0.033 | — | [47] |
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