Rice finding 318
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
Polished white short-grain rice (Carolino) · Total arsenic (tAs) · 3 rice grain samples (one per harvest/type).
Selected finding and reference
3 rice grain samples (one per harvest/type). Basis: unspecified (grains milled to powder; drying not stated).
As reported by the source
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
2020–2022
No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.
Geographic scope
Polished white rice
Rice variety or type within one study.
Sampling, analysis and reporting limits
ICP-MS (Agilent 7700) after HNO3+H2O2 digestion of 0.25 g milled grain; at least two aliquots per sample.
As reported by the source
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 |
|---|---|---|
| range | the total-As contents of the studied white rice samples (0.07–0.10 mg kg−1) | mg/kg x 1000 |
Results, 'Rice grains' section (p. 13 of PDF).
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.