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From soil pollution to "cadmium rice” to public health impacts: An interdisciplinary analysis of influencing factors and possible responses
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This article discusses the causes of the contamination of rice with cadmium in China and considers what we know about the severity of the problem. It argues that it is misleading to extrapolate simply from levels of cadmium in soil to health risks, because the uptake of cadmium by crops and the health impacts of the metal are affected by multiple factors. These include not only background levels of cadmium and pollution from mining and industry, but also soil quality, climatic conditions and ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2018.01.001
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Rockefeller Brothers Fund
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Resources and Ecology Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 10-21
- Publication date:
- 2018-02-02
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-11-07
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1674-764X
- Source identifiers:
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949162
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- English
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- Local pid:
- pubs:949162
- Deposit date:
- 2018-12-01
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- Journal of Resources and Ecology
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2018 Journal of Resources and Ecology
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