India, March 21 -- Rice, staple of over half of humanity, already has more arsenic than other grains; washing or boiling it with arsenic-contaminated water poses significant health risks, says study

A new study underlines the risk of using water contaminated with arsenic to cook rice, a staple food serving more than half the world's population. It highlighted that 32 per cent of the global population lives in low- and middle-income countries that do not adhere to the World Health Organization's recommended limits.

The study, conducted by the University of Sheffield's Institute for Sustainable Food and the Department of Geography (United Kingdom), pointed out that some countries still follow the outdated WHO standard of 50 parts per bill...