Rice finding 1914
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
Polished (white) rice · Inorganic arsenic (iAs) · 1180 rice samples (Table 1 per-zone 'No. of values' sum to 1093).
Selected finding and reference
1180 rice samples (Table 1 per-zone 'No. of values' sum to 1093). Basis: dry weight (freeze-dried grain).
Below-LoD results reported as '< 2 μg/kg' at the low end of the range
HMI baseline position
Limited data: The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference. Missing evidence never means low contamination.
The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference.
Reference version and interpretation
Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.
No admitted reference
The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.
Collection period
Collection date unreported
No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.
Geographic scope
Global
All samples in the study.
Sampling, analysis and reporting limits
Freeze-dried, ball-milled grain; 1% HNO3 microwave extraction (CEM MARS 6, 95 C), H2O2 oxidation of arsenite to arsenate; IC (Thermo IC5000, AS7 column) coupled to ICP-MS (Thermo iCAP Q, m/z 75, He collision mode).
Below-LoD results reported as '< 2 μg/kg' at the low end of the range
Shared samples and study overlap
Subgroup rows, statistics of the same subgroup and the study total share samples; they are not independent results.
Each table row describes a food/analyte result. Repeated rows do not add independent samples or datasets. No cross-study trend is calculated in this comparison mode.
Reported values, conversion and source locator
| Source statistic | Original result | Displayed unit conversion |
|---|---|---|
| max | inorganic arsenic ranged from < 2 to 399 μg/kg | none |
Abstract; Results p.716.
No moisture, cooking-yield or species conversion is applied to the original finding above. Any basis conversion used for its HMI comparison is stated separately with the numerical target.