Beverly  Rzigalinski,Brooke  Benjamin,Erin  Collins,Gurleen  Kaur,James R. Palmieri,Jessica  Brunette,McAlister  Council-Troche,Meghan L.  Wilson,Susan  Meacham,Tracee  Guthrie,
Implications and Significance of Mercury in Rice
Journal of Food Nutrition and Metabolism
2020
2674-2411
http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JFNM.2020.02.02
https://www.sciencerepository.org/implications-and-significance-of-mercury-in-rice_JFNM-2020-2-102 
Abstract: Previous research on rice asserts certain heavy metals, like mercury, in the agricultural soils are incorporated
into the rice plant. Mercury is considered to be the most toxic heavy metal. This study aims to investigate
mercury levels in rice grown in the United States versus rice imported from Asia. In this study, 29 samples
of rice were compared for mercury content (12 from Thailand, 6 from India, 6 from China, compared to 5
control samples from the USA). Samples ranged from 0.18 to 6.01 ng of element / g. Further research is
needed to establish standards for mercury toxicity.
Keywords: Bioaccumulation, bioamplification, heavy metals, infant cereals, methylmercury, rice