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REGULATORY TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 125, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104986
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Inorganic arsenic; Heavy metal; Pesticide; Mycotoxin; Rice; Risk assessment
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The study evaluated the levels of heavy metals and pesticides in Indian rice and their dietary exposure risks for the general Saudi population. The results showed that the elemental concentrations in rice did not exceed maximum residue limits and the exposure levels were below levels that might pose a health risk.
In this study, total arsenic (As), inorganic arsenic (iAs), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), pesticides, and aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) in Indian rice (Oryza sativa) and their dietary exposure risks for the general Saudi population were evaluated. A total of 483 samples were acquired from various ports and supermarkets throughout the country. Average elemental concentrations were found to be in the following order: As (0.1 +/- 0.024)>iAs (0.038 +/- 0.015)>Pb (0.023 +/- 0.008)>Cd (0.019 +/- 0.005)>Hg (0.002 +/- 0.0004), and results did not exceed maximum residue limits (MRLs). Out of the 294 analyzed pesticides, 15 were detected in rice, of which six were fungicides, and nine were insecticides with a detection frequency of 22% and 26%, respectively. Eight of the detected pesticides were non-approved by the European Union (EU) commission, but their detection fre-quencies were low. Surprisingly, rice samples analyzed for aflatoxins were below the limit of quantification (LOQ). Risk assessment coupled with Monte Carlo simulation based on the hazard quotient (HQ) and incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) approaches revealed that exposure to metal(loid)s and pesticides in rice were below levels that might pose a health risk.
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