Arsenic in Other Crops

The bulk of this book is devoted to the arsenic biogeochemical cycles in the paddy rice systems, the mechanisms of arsenic uptake and accumulation by rice plants, dietary arsenic intake from rice and potential mitigation methods to reduce arsenic accumulation in rice. The reasons for the focus on rice are explained in Chap. 1. Nevertheless, it is necessary to consider other food crops with regard to their arsenic contents, speciation and likely contributions to the dietary intake of As, which is the task of this chapter.