Growing Healthier Rice: Proven Ways To Lower Arsenic Levels

Growing Healthier Rice: Proven Ways To Lower Arsenic Levels

New research suggests that the most effective treatments for reducing levels of the toxic metal arsenic in rice are cultivar selection, irrigation management, cooking approach and the application of selenium or silicon soil amendments. The study, which appears in the...

Study Finds Dangerous Parasites In Popular U.S. Freshwater Fish

Study Finds Dangerous Parasites In Popular U.S. Freshwater Fish

Written by: Alex Fox, UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish species frequently caught and eaten by people were found carrying large numbers of invasive parasitic worms More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contained an...