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As many as 1.4 billion people reside in areas with soil dangerously polluted with compounds like arsenic ... in farm animals. “Global soil pollution by toxic metals has been studied for decades ...

Researchers from the Michigan State University have discovered that brown rice has 15 percent higher levels of arsenic, a toxic metal associated with cancer and brain damage. This wouldn't affect ...