Studies of the Arsenic Toxicity Level in Rice Crop and Paddy Straw in Chhattishgarh, India

Agriculture crop especially Rice as well as Straw (Paddy straw) containing high amount of As due to Crop irrigated with high Arsenic content water or grown in soil having 0.01 ppm of arsenic even when if grains cooked in water having high Arsenic content increase the arsenic toxicity in animal as well as human being when consumed it. We wanted to justify how arsenic in plants hampers food chain circle. Arsenic accumulation in rice straw could be a direct threat for their health via presumably contaminated bovine meat and milk. Present paper deals the toxicity level of Arsenic in Rice and Paddy straw of Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh found that As level in both Rice grain and Paddy straw are lower 1 mg kg-1 (WHO), which the permissible limit of arsenic toxicity in rice plant and paddy straw.