Human arsenic intake from rice consumption can be substantial because rice is particularly efficient in assimilating arsenic from paddy soils, although the mechanism has not been elucidated.

• 砷中毒是全世界的一个重大公共卫生问题，在孟加拉国和印度非凡严重，在那里这种物质存在于地下水中，并被淹水稻田中的水稻吸收。