Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that affects the villi of the small intestine causing abdominal pain, gas, diarrhea or bad absorption due to gluten intolerance. Its only treatment consists of a lifelong gluten free diet. The current study demonstrated that products for celiac children with a high percentage of rice contained high concentrations of arsenic (total-As: 256 and inorganic-As: 128 μg kg~(-1)). New legislation is needed to force companies to include key information in the labeling of these products, including for instance rice percentage, geographical origin and cultivar of the used rice.
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