Climate Change Will Make Rice Toxic, Say Researchers - Slashdot

Rice, the world's most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published this week in The Lancet. From a report:After growing rice in controlled fields for six years, researchers from Columbia University and international partners found that when..

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